Lidcombe railway station

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Lidcombe
Lidcombe Railway Station 1.JPG
Station building and entrance, August 2007
General information
LocationRailway Parade, Lidcombe
Coordinates 33°51′50″S151°02′43″E / 33.863875°S 151.0451917°E / -33.863875; 151.0451917
Elevation22 metres (72 ft)
Owned by Transport Asset Holding Entity
Operated by Sydney Trains
Line(s) Main Suburban
Main Southern
Olympic Park
Distance16.61 kilometres from Central
Platforms6 (2 dock, 1 island, 2 side)
Tracks6
ConnectionsBus
Construction
Structure typeGround
AccessibleYes
Other information
StatusStaffed
Station code LDC
Website Transport for NSW
History
Opened1 November 1858;165 years ago (1858-11-01)
ElectrifiedYes
Previous namesHaslams Creek
Passengers
2023 [1]
  • 7,355,890 (year)
  • 20,153 (daily) [2] (Sydney Trains, NSW TrainLink)
Services
Preceding station TfNSW T.png Sydney Trains Following station
Auburn
towards Emu Plains or Richmond
North Shore & Western Line Strathfield
towards Berowra
Auburn
towards Parramatta or Leppington
Inner West & Leppington Line Flemington
towards City Circle
Terminus Bankstown Line Berala
towards City Circle
Olympic Park Line Olympic Park
Terminus
Future service
Terminus Lidcombe & Bankstown Line Berala
towards Bankstown

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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History

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 2007, the Lidcombe Station Upgrade project removed the Walter Bowmer Memorial Reserve and Memorial Plaque [6] (dedicated by Auburn Council in 1986 to former alderman Walter Bowner, who served in the 1950s [7] and had a hairdressing salon at the site) located on the western end of the station adjacent to Tooheys Lane.

The station works as part of the CityRail Clearways Project completed in 2010 featured a new platform for terminating Bankstown Line services. This was built in conjunction with the Homebush turnback, which claimed to improve reliability on the Inner West & Leppington Line.

A new train timetable implemented in October 2013 resulted in the discontinuation of all Bankstown to City via Regents Park services and discontinuation of almost all trains to Liverpool via Regents Park prompting a community campaign to reinstate lost services. [8]

In 2020, the NSW Legislative Council Inquiry into Sydenham to Bankstown line conversion questioned the need to terminate services at Lidcombe, and recommended that both Bankstown to City via Regents Park and Liverpool to City via Regents Park services be reinstated. [9] The Liverpool to City via Regents Park service is scheduled to be reinstated in the 2024 timetable. [10]

Platforms and 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. [11] [12]

PlatformLineStopping patternNotes
0services to Olympic Park [13]
1
T1
services to Gordon, Hornsby & Berowra via Central (Weekdays Only) [14]
2
T1
services to Penrith, Richmond & Emu Plains (Weekdays Only) [14]
3
T1
services to Lindfield, Gordon, Hornsby & Berowra via Central [14]
T2
services to Central & the City Circle [15]
4
T1
services to Penrith, Richmond & Emu Plains [14]
T2
services to Parramatta & Leppington via Granville [15]
5
T3
terminating services to & from Central & the City Circle via Bankstown [16]

Transit Systems operates four bus routes 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 Lidcombe trackplan.png
Track layout as of April 2015, subsequent to the CityRail Clearways Project completion

The Lidcombe Junction trackplan includes the Lidcombe Triangle Loop [24] 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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  2. ↑ This figure is the number of entries and exits of a year combined averaged to a day.
  3. ↑ Lidcombe Station NSWrail.net
  4. 1 2 Lidcombe Railway Station Group NSW Environment & Heritage
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  13. ↑ "T7: Olympic Park line timetable". Transport for NSW.
  14. 1 2 3 4 "T1: Western line timetable". Transport for NSW.
  15. 1 2 "T2: Inner West & Leppington line timetable". Transport for NSW.
  16. ↑ "T3: Bankstown line timetable". Transport for NSW.
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