Lidcombe Station

Lidcombe Station

Lidcombe railway station is a major junction station on the CityRail network, in the Sydney suburb of Lidcombe. It has 6 platforms (1 under construction): five 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.

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. 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.

Platforms and 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, Berowra and Wyong via the North Shore Line. (weekdays only)

Blue Mountains Line - Although Lidcombe is officially a station of this line, only a few late nights and early mornings intercity services to Central stops here.

Olympic Park Line - special event services to Olympic Park.

Platform 2:

Western Line - weekday limited stops services to Blacktown, Riverstone, Richmond, Penrith and Emu Plains. (weekdays only)

Blue Mountains Line - Although Lidcombe is officially a station of this line, only a few late nights and early mornings intercity services to Lithgow stops here.

Olympic Park Line - special event services to Blacktown.

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).

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

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)).

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

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

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).

Trackplan

Trackplan at Lidcombe prior to Clearways completion