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| General information | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Railway Parade,Lidcombe Sydney, New South Wales Australia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 33°51′50″S151°02′43″E / 33.863875°S 151.0451917°E /-33.863875; 151.0451917 (Lidcombe railway station) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Elevation | 22 metres (72 ft) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Owned by | Transport Asset Manager of NSW | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Operated by | Sydney Trains | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Lines | Main Suburban Main Southern Olympic Park | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Distance | 16.61 km (10.32 mi) fromCentral | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Platforms | 6 (2bay, 2side, 1island) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 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 (167 years ago) (1858-11-01) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Electrified | Yes (from 1928) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Previous names | Haslam's Creek (1858–1878) Rookwood (1878–1914) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 2023[2] |
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Lidcombe railway station is asuburbanrailway station located on theMain Suburban line, serving theSydney suburb ofLidcombe. It is served bySydney TrainsT1 Western,T2 Leppington & Inner West,T3 Liverpool & Inner West Line,T6 Lidcombe & Bankstown Line andT7 Olympic Park Line services.
Lidcombe station opened on 1 November 1858 asHaslam's 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 followed, being renamedRookwood 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 toLidcombe.[3][4]
On 11 November 1912, Lidcombe became a junction station, with the opening of a deviation of theMain South line toRegents Park.
On 23 April 1999,Platform 0 was opened as part of theOlympic 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 byAuburn 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 theCityRail Clearways Project completed in 2010 featured a new platform for terminating trains from theBankstown Line. This was built in conjunction with theHomebush turnback, which claimed to improve reliability on theInner West & Leppington Line.
A new train timetable implemented in October 2013 resulted in the discontinuation of all Bankstown Line to City viaRegents Park services and discontinuation of almost all trains toLiverpool viaRegents Park prompting a community campaign to reinstate lost services.[8]
In 2020, the NSW Legislative Council Inquiry intoSydenham 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 was subsequently reinstated in the October 2024 timetable.[10]
Lidcombe has six platforms: five for ordinary suburban services, and one for the shuttle between Lidcombe andOlympic Park – numbered asPlatform 0 and known as the Olympic Park Sprint platform. During times of special events, some train services may make additional calls at Lidcombe.[11][12]
| Platform | Line | Stopping pattern | Notes |
| 0 | services toOlympic Park | [13] | |
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| 1 | services toLindfield,Gordon,Hornsby &Berowra viaCentral (Weekdays Only) | [14] | |
| 2 | services toPenrith,Richmond &Emu Plains (Weekdays Only) | [14] | |
| 3 | services toLindfield,Gordon,Hornsby &Berowra viaCentral | [14] | |
| services toCentral & theCity Circle | [15] | ||
| services toCentral & theCity Circle | [16] | ||
| 4 | services toPenrith,Richmond &Emu Plains | [14] | |
| services toParramatta &Leppington viaGranville | [15] | ||
| services toLiverpool viaRegents Park | [16] | ||
| 5 | terminating services to & fromBankstown |
Transit Systems operates four bus routes via Lidcombe station:
Lidcombe station is served by threeNightRide routes:
The Lidcombe Junction trackplan includes the Lidcombe Triangle Loop[24] with a direct bi-directional track betweenAuburn andBerala. The Lidcombe Triangle Loop was previously used during trackwork as a diversion route for trains from theWestern Line to utilise theBankstown line to reachCentral.
Media related toLidcombe railway station at Wikimedia Commons
