Concord West railway station is located on the Main Northern line, serving the

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suburb of

Concord West Concord West (also known as West Concord) is a suburb on the periphery of Sydney's inner-west, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Concord West is located 16 km west of the Sydney central business district, in the local governmen ...

. It is served by the

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T9 Northern Line services.

History

Concord West station was opened on 1 September 1887 as Concord. In March 1892, a second platform was added when the Main Northern line was duplicated. In June 1909, it was renamed Concord West. In 1911, a third line was laid to the west of the station and a signal box added, with a platform face added by 1940.Concord West Railway Station Group & Park
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, Concord West was used as an alternate station to access

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for services from the Central Coast, with the platforms being extended to enable Intercity trains to make an additional stop. A temporary footbridge and an extra station exit were also provided, but were removed after the Olympics. Platform 4 is signalled for bi-directional working, and for a time was used as the Sydney stopping point for the now-defunct ''

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''. It is primarily used by freight trains. A fourth track was laid to the east of the existing tracks as part of the

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project. As part of these works, Concord West received an Easy Access upgrade and an additional platform. A new overhead concourse with lifts opened on 26 October 2014, replacing the existing concourse. The existing eastern platform was converted to an island platform. The new platform (numbered 1) opened on 9 June 2015 and the existing platforms were renumbered."Weekly Notice 21" Sydney Trains May 2015 page 11

Platforms and services

References

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