Lidcombe railway station is located on the Main Suburban line, serving the

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suburb of

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. It is served by

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T1 Western, T2 Inner West & Leppington, T3 Bankstown and T7 Olympic line services.

History

Lidcombe station opened on 1 November 1858 as

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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.Lidcombe Railway Station Group
NSW Environment & Heritage On 11 November 1912, Lidcombe became a junction station, with the opening of a deviation of the

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. On 23 April 1999,

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was opened as part of the

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project. As part of this work, the station was refurbished and a second footbridge added at the eastern end. 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

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, operation of the Bankstown line was separated from the

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in October 2013. The changes resulted in the discontinuation of almost all trains to

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via

prompting a community campaign to reinstate lost services.

Platforms & services

Lidcombe has six platforms: five for ordinary suburban services, and one for the shuttle between Lidcombe and

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– 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.

Transport links

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operates three routes via Lidcombe station: *915: to

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Cumberland Campus (limited semester service) *925: to East Hills * M92: Parramatta station to Sutherland station

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operates one route to and from Lidcombe station: *401: to Lidcombe Birnie Avenue loop service Lidcombe station is served by three NightRide routes: *N50: Liverpool station to Town Hall station *N60: Fairfield station to Town Hall station *N61: Carlingford station to Town Hall station

Trackplan

References

External links

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