Lidcombe railway station

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.

Lidcombe
Station front in August 2007
Location	Railway Parade, Lidcombe
Coordinates	33°51′50″S 151°02′43″E
Owned by	Transport Asset Holding Entity
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
Passengers
2018	27,740 (daily)[1] (Sydney Trains, NSW TrainLink)
Rank	20
Services
Preceding station Sydney Trains Following station Auburn toward Emu Plains or Richmond North Shore & Western Line Strathfield toward Berowra Auburn toward Parramatta or Leppington Inner West & Leppington Line Flemington toward City Circle Terminus Bankstown Line Berala toward City Circle Olympic Park Line Olympic Park Terminus

History

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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 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.[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, some train services may make additional calls at Lidcombe.[6][7]

Platform	Line	Stopping pattern	Notes
0	T7	services to Olympic Park	[8]
1	T1	services to Hornsby via Central	[9]
2	T1	services to Richmond & Emu Plains	[9]
3	T1	services to Hornsby via Central	[9]
	T2	services to Central & the City Circle	[10]
4	T1	services to Richmond & Emu Plains	[9]
	T2	services to Parramatta & Leppington via Granville	[10]
5	T3	terminating services to & from Central & the City Circle via Bankstown	[11]

Transport links

Transdev NSW operates three routes via Lidcombe station:

• 915: to University of Sydney Cumberland Campus (limited semester service)[12]
• 925: to East Hills[13]
• M92: Parramatta station to Sutherland station[14]

Transit Systems operates one route via Lidcombe station:

• 401: Lidcombe station to Lidcombe Birnie Avenue loop service[15]

Lidcombe station is served by three NightRide routes:

• N50: Liverpool station to City (Town Hall)[16]
• N60: Fairfield station to City (Town Hall)[17]
• N61: Carlingford station to City (Town Hall)[18]

Trackplan

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

References

1. NSW Train Stations Barrier Dashboard 2004-2018 Institute for Sustainable futures UTS
2. Lidcombe Station NSWrail.net
3. 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 Telegraph 21 October 2016
6. Get to the show fast as a speeding Bullet Western Advocate 15 April 2014
7. Getting to Sydney Olympic Park Transport for New South Wales
8. "T7: Olympic Park line timetable". Transport for NSW.
9. "T1: Western line timetable". Transport for NSW.
10. "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.

External links

Media related to Lidcombe railway station at Wikimedia Commons

• Lidcombe station details Transport for New South Wales
• Lidcombe Station Public Transport Map Transport for NSW