Museum railway station, Sydney

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Museum
Bankstown Line
Inner West Line
Airport & East Hills Line
South Line
Station code MSM
Suburb Sydney
Street(s) Liverpool St
Elizabeth St
College St
Oxford St
Distance from Central Station 4.99 km
Altitude (above sea level)  ? m
Types of stopping trains Suburban all stops
Suburban limited stops
Number of platforms 2
Number of tracks 2
Platform arrangement 2 side
Type of station Underground
Ticket barriers Yes
Transfers available Bus
Disabled access Handicapped/disabled access No
Station facilities Link

Museum is a railway station on the City Circle line in Sydney, Australia. Named for its proximity to the Australian Museum, the station is located entirely underground at the southern end of Hyde Park.


There are two platforms, each 158.5 metres long by 3.8 metres wide, under an arch with span 14.6 metres. Museum's signage and cream tiling with maroon highlights are reminiscent of a typical London Underground tube station of the era, however its layout of central tracks under a grand arch are more in keeping with older stations of the Paris Metro. Until the construction of the airport line, it was the only underground station in Sydney without an island platform. It is a companion to St. James station - opened at the same time. Regular services to Museum began on 20 December 1926.

Museum services CityRail trains on the City Circle to the Bankstown, Airport and East Hills lines. The station is regarded as the least used of the City Circle stations. The Railway Station features photo memorabilia of its past in its tunnels. The Station closes at the end of the last train service and reopens for the first morning train service. The station is 5 minutes walk to Oxford Street.


The main entrance to the station is located at the corner of Elizabeth Street and Liverpool Street. Another entrance featuring a sandstone façade is located on the corner of Liverpool Street and Castlereagh Street. This entrance sits at the foot of the New South Wales District Court's Downing Centre, formerly the site of the Mark Foys department store. Other entrances are also located on three corners of the intersection of Elizabeth Street and Bathurst Street.

In 1998 Australian rock band Grinspoon filmed a video-clip to their song, Just Ace, on the station's platforms.

The movie The Matrix, that had many parts filmed in and around Sydney, featured a major chase scenes in the labyrinth of pedestrian tunnels found with in the station near the Elizabeth & Liverpool street entrance.

Contents

[edit] Platforms/Service

Platform 1:

  • Inner West Line - all stations to Central around the City Circle (anti-clockwise: next stop St James), then all stations services to Ashfield and Liverpool via Regent's Park.
  • South Line - all stations to Central around the City Circle, then all stations and limited stops services to Glenfield and Campbelltown via Granville.

Platform 2:

  • Airport & East Hills Line - all stations around the City Circle (clockwise) to Central; then all stations and limited stops services to East Hills, Glenfield, Campbelltown and Macarthur via the Airport branch; peak hour limited stops services to Glenfield, Campbelltown and Macarthur via Sydenham.
  • Bankstown Line - all stations around the City Circle (clockwise) to Central; then all stations and limited stops services to Lidcombe and Liverpool.

[edit] Bus Services

Elizabeth Street

Oxford Street

[edit] Gallery

Museum Station entrance at the Downing Centre, Castlereagh Street

Museum Station subway from the Downing Centre entrance

Museum Station entrance at Hyde Park

Trackplan


Platforms, Museum Station
Platforms, Museum Station


[edit] Neighbouring stations

Preceding Station
(inbound)		 Line Following Station
(outbound)
St. James
Bankstown Line
Central
St. James
Airport & East Hills Line
Central
Central
South Line
St. James
Central
Inner West Line
St. James

[edit] See also

Coordinates: 33°52′34″S 151°12′35″E / -33.8762, 151.2097