Lidcombe railway station, Sydney

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Lidcombe

Bankstown Line
Inner West Line
South Line
Western Line
Olympic Park Line
Station code	LDC
Suburb	Lidcombe
Street(s)	Railway Pde
Distance from Central Station	16.61 km
Altitude (above sea level)	? m
Types of stopping trains	Suburban all stations Suburban limited stops
Number of platforms	5
Number of tracks	5
Platform arrangement	2 sides 1 island 1 dock
Type of station	Ground
Ticket barriers	Yes
Transfers available	Bus Train
Disabled access	Yes
Station facilities	Link

Lidcombe railway station is a major junction station on the CityRail network, in the Sydney suburb of Lidcombe. It has 5 platforms: four for ordinary suburban services, and one for the shuttle between Lidcombe and Olympic Park - officially Platform 0 but known simply as the 'Olympic Park Sprint Platform'. Three lifts facilitate Easy Access for wheelchairs.

1 History
2 Platforms/Service
3 Bus Services
4 Trackplan
5 Neighbouring stations
6 See also
7 References

[edit] History

Lidcombe station opened in 1858 with four platforms during the construction of the railway line through the area at that time is was called Haslams Creek after a Samuel Haslam a Local land owner, When in 1867 land was set aside for a cemetery nearby the residents renamed the locality Rookwood. The official name of the station was changed in 1878. By the turn of the century the Necropolis was also called Rookwood so in 1914 the station name was changed again to Lidcombe. ^[1]. In 1999, Platform 0 was constructed as part of the Olympic Park line works. By 2008, Lidcombe station will receive an extra platform for terminating City via Bankstown and Berala trains, as part of the Clearways project which intends to untangle the various lines. This will segregate the Inner West line from the Bankstown line.

[edit] Platforms/Service

Platform 0 (Olympic Park Sprint Platform):

Olympic Park Line - shuttle service to Olympic Park.

Platform 1:

Western Line - limited stops services to Central; then to Lindfield, Gordon, Hornsby and Berowra via the North Shore Line.

Platform 2:

Western Line - limited stops services to Blacktown, Riverstone, Richmond, Penrith and Emu Plains.

Platform 3:

Inner West Line - all stations services to Central and the City Circle (clockwise).
South Line - limited stops services to Central and the City Circle (clockwise).

Platform 4:

South Line - limited stops services to Glenfield and Campbelltown.
Inner West Line - all stations services to Liverpool.
Bankstown Line - all stations services to Bankstown and Central (then to the City Circle (anticlockwise)).

Platform 5: (under construction)

Bankstown Line - This platform will service terminating services, and all stations services to Central and the City Circle (anticlockwise).

Eastern stairs

Olympic Park platform

[edit] Bus Services

Sydney Buses runs one route via Lidcombe station:

Route 401 - to Sydney Olympic Park Wharf via Parramatta Road, Homebush Bay, Athletic Centre, Olympic Park station, Newington

Veolia Transport runs two routes via Lidcombe railway station:

Route 912 - to Bankstown.
Route 915 - to University of Sydney Cumberland Campus.

NightRide runs two routes via Lidcombe station:

Route N50 - Between Liverpool and City(Town Hall).
Route N60 - Between Fairfield station and City(Town Hall).

[edit] Trackplan

Trackplan at Lidcombe prior to Clearways completion

[edit] Neighbouring stations

Preceding Station (inbound)	Line	Following Station (outbound)
Berala	Bankstown Line (via Lidcombe)	terminus (trains become city-bound on Inner West Line)
Flemington	Inner West Line	Berala
Flemington (previously Rookwood)	South Line	Auburn
Strathfield	Western Line	Auburn
terminus	Olympic Park Line	Olympic Park