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.
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Location | Railway Parade, Lidcombe | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Coordinates | 33°51′50″S 151°02′43″E / 33.863875°S 151.0451917°E | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Elevation | 22 metres (72 ft) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Owned by | Transport Asset Holding Entity | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Operated by | Sydney Trains | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Line(s) | Main Suburban Main Southern Olympic Park | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Distance | 16.61 kilometres from Central | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Platforms | 6 (2 dock, 1 island, 2 side) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Tracks | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Connections | Bus | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Structure type | Ground | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Accessible | Yes | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Status | Staffed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Station code | LDC | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Website | Transport for NSW | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
History | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Opened | 1 November 1858 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Electrified | Yes | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Previous names | Haslams Creek | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Lidcombe station opened on 1 November 1858 as Haslams Creek Station 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.[3][4]
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.[5] As part of this work, the station was refurbished and a second footbridge added at the eastern end.[4]
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 Inner West & Leppington 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.[6]
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, some train services may make additional calls at Lidcombe.[7][8]
Platform | Line | Stopping pattern | Notes |
0 | services to Olympic Park | [9] | |
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1 | services to Gordon, Hornsby & Berowra via Central (Weekdays Only) | [10] | |
2 | services to Penrith, Richmond & Emu Plains (Weekdays Only) | [10] | |
3 | services to Lindfield, Gordon, Hornsby & Berowra via Central | [10] | |
services to Central & the City Circle | [11] | ||
4 | services to Penrith, Richmond & Emu Plains | [10] | |
services to Parramatta & Leppington via Granville | [11] | ||
5 | terminating services to & from Central & the City Circle via Bankstown | [12] |
Transit Systems operates four bus routes via Lidcombe station:
Lidcombe station is served by three NightRide routes:
The Lidcombe Junction trackplan includes the Lidcombe Triangle Loop[20] with a direct bi-directional track between Auburn and Berala. The Lidcombe Triangle Loop is primarily used during trackwork as a diversion route for trains from the Western Line to connect with the Bankstown Line towards Sydney CBD.
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