Lidcombe railway station

Lidcombe
Station front in August 2007
Location	Railway Parade, Lidcombe
Coordinates	33°51′50″S 151°02′43″E / 33.863875°S 151.0451917°E / -33.863875; 151.0451917Coordinates: 33°51′50″S 151°02′43″E / 33.863875°S 151.0451917°E / -33.863875; 151.0451917
Owned by	RailCorp
Operated by	Sydney Trains
Line(s)	Main Suburban Main South Olympic Park
Distance	16.61 kilometres from Central
Platforms	6 (1 dock, 1 island, 2 side)
Tracks	6
Connections	Bus
Construction
Structure type	Ground
Disabled access	Yes
Other information
Status	Staffed
Station code	LDC
Website	Sydney Trains
History
Opened	1 November 1858
Electrified	Yes
Previous names	Haslams Creek
Services
Preceding station   Sydney Trains   Following station Auburn towards Emu Plains or Richmond T1 Western Line Strathfield towards Central Auburn towards Leppington or Campbelltown T2 Inner West & South Line Flemington towards Circular Quay Terminus T3 Bankstown Line Berala towards Central Terminus Olympic Park Sprint Line Olympic Park towards Lidcombe

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 South, T3 Bankstown and T7 Olympic line services.

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.

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. 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 Homebush, operation of the Bankstown line was separated from the former Inner West 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.