Lidcombe railway station

Lidcombe
Station front in August 2007
Location Railway Parade, Lidcombe
Coordinates 33°51′50″S 151°02′43″E / 33.863875°S 151.0451917°E / -33.863875; 151.0451917Coordinates: 33°51′50″S 151°02′43″E / 33.863875°S 151.0451917°E / -33.863875; 151.0451917
Owned by RailCorp
Operated by Sydney Trains
Line(s) Main Suburban
Main South
Olympic Park
Distance 16.61 kilometres from Central
Platforms 6 (2 dock, 1 island, 2 side)
Tracks 6
Connections Bus
Construction
Structure type Ground
Disabled access Yes
Other information
Status Staffed
Station code LDC
Website Transport for NSW
History
Opened 1 November 1858
Electrified Yes
Previous names Haslams Creek
Traffic
Passengers (2013) 11,440 (daily)[1] (Sydney Trains, NSW TrainLink)
Rank 19
Services
Preceding station   Sydney Trains   Following station
towards Emu Plains or Richmond
T1
North Shore, Northern & Western Line
towards Berowra
T2
Inner West & Leppington Line
towards City Circle
TerminusT3
Bankstown Line
towards City Circle
TerminusT7
Olympic Park Line
Terminus

Lidcombe railway station is located on the Main Suburban line, serving the Sydney suburb of Lidcombe. It is served by Sydney Trains T1 Western, T2 Inner West & Leppington, T3 Bankstown and T7 Olympic line services.

History

Lidcombe station opened on 1 November 1858 as Haslams Creek after local landowner, Samuel Haslam. 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 on 1 January 1914 the station name was renamed again to Lidcombe.[2][3]

On 11 November 1912, Lidcombe became a junction station, with the opening of a deviation of the Main South line to Regents Park.

On 23 April 1999, Platform 0 was opened as part of the Olympic Park line project.[4] As part of this work, the station was refurbished and a second footbridge added at the eastern end.[3]

In 2010, an extra dock platform for terminating City via Bankstown trains was opened. This was built as part of the CityRail Clearways Project which was intended to untangle the various lines and make the network simpler to operate. In conjunction with a companion project at Homebush, operation of the Bankstown line was separated from the former Inner West line in October 2013. The changes resulted in the discontinuation of almost all trains to Liverpool via Regents Park prompting a community campaign to reinstate lost services.[5]

Platforms & services

Lidcombe has six platforms: 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. During times of special events, NSW TrainLink Blue Mountains and Bathurst Bullet services make additional calls at Lidcombe.[6][7]

Platform Line Stopping pattern Notes
0 services to Olympic Park [8]
1 services to Hornsby via Central [9]
2 services to Richmond & Emu Plains [9]
3 services to Hornsby via Central [9]
services to Central & the City Circle[10]
4 services to Richmond & Emu Plains [9]
services to Parramatta & Leppington via Granville[10]
5 terminating services to & from Central & the City Circle via Bankstown [11]

Transdev NSW operates three routes via Lidcombe station:

Transit Systems operates one route via Lidcombe station:

Lidcombe station is served by three NightRide routes:

Trackplan

Track layout as of April 2015, subsequent to the CityRail Clearways Project completion

References

  1. ↑ Bureau of Transport Statistics. "Train Statistics 2014" (PDF). Transport NSW. Retrieved 12 July 2018.
  2. ↑ Lidcombe Station NSWrail.net
  3. 1 2 Lidcombe Railway Station Group NSW Environment & Heritage
  4. ↑ "Olympic Sprint Platform Enters Service" Railway Digest June 1999 page 10
  5. ↑ City Trains Reduced for South West Sydney Commuters in 2013 Timetable Shakeup
  6. ↑ Get to the show fast as a speeding Bullet Western Advocate 15 April 2014
  7. ↑ 2014 Sydney Royal Easter Show Event Readiness Plan Transport for New South Wales
  8. ↑ "T7: Olympic Park line timetable". Transport for NSW.
  9. 1 2 3 4 "T1: Western line timetable". Transport for NSW.
  10. 1 2 "T2: Inner West & Leppington line timetable". Transport for NSW.
  11. ↑ "T3: Bankstown line timetable". Transport for NSW.
  12. ↑ "Transdev NSW route 915". Transport for NSW.
  13. ↑ "Transdev NSW route 925". Transport for NSW.
  14. ↑ "Transdev NSW route M92". Transport for NSW.
  15. ↑ "Transit Systems route 401". Transport for NSW.
  16. ↑ "N50 Nightride". Transport for NSW.
  17. ↑ "N60 Nightride". Transport for NSW.
  18. ↑ "N61 Nightride". Transport for NSW.

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