Olympic Park railway station, Sydney

Olympic Park

Station front in June 2008
Location Murray Rose Avenue, Sydney Olympic Park
Coordinates 33°50′48″S 151°04′10″E / 33.84663056°S 151.0694833°E / -33.84663056; 151.0694833Coordinates: 33°50′48″S 151°04′10″E / 33.84663056°S 151.0694833°E / -33.84663056; 151.0694833
Owned by RailCorp
Operated by Sydney Trains
Line(s) Olympic Park
Distance 17.33 kilometres from Central
Platforms 4 (2 side, 1 island)
Tracks 2
Connections Bus
Construction
Structure type Ground
Disabled access Yes
Other information
Status Staffed
Station code OLP
Website Sydney Trains
History
Opened 8 March 1998
Electrified Yes
Services
Preceding station   Sydney Trains   Following station
TerminusT7
Olympic Park Line
towards Central
Terminus
Olympic Park Sprint Line
Terminus

Olympic Park railway station is located on the Olympic Park line, serving the Sydney suburb of Sydney Olympic Park. It is served by Sydney Trains T7 Olympic Park Line services.

History

Olympic Park station was designed to support large crowds travelling to and from the stadiums and sports grounds built for the 2000 Summer Olympics. The station and sports facilities were retained after the games.

Design and construction

The design of the station by Hassell has been critically acclaimed by many. It has won the 1998 BHP Colorbond Award for innovative use of steel architecture, and the 1998 Sir John Sulman Medal, from the Royal Australian Institute of Architects.[1] It was built by Leighton Contractors.[2] It was opened by Premier of New South Wales Bob Carr on 8 March 1998.[3]

The station is located on a single track balloon loop spur line, but the station itself has 2 tracks and 4 platform faces. Ordinarily, the centre island platform is used for both boarding and alighting, but this changes when the station is operating in major event mode. In this mode, the centre island platform is used by alighting passengers and the two side platforms are brought into use for boarding passengers.

Platforms and services

Track layout
Platform Line Stopping pattern Notes
1 not in regular use major event services to Central (pick up only)[4]
2 not in regular use major event services from Central (set down only)[4]
3 services to Lidcombe[5] major event services from Blacktown, Schofields & Penrith (set down only)[4]
4 not in regular use major event services to Lidcombe, Blacktown, Schofields & Penrith (pick up only)[4]

Punchbowl Bus Company operates one route via Olympic Park station:

Sydney Buses operate four routes via Olympic Park station:

The station will provide a future interchange with the Parramatta Light Rail.[10]

References

  1. ↑ "Sydney Olympic Park Awards". Sydney Olympic Park. Archived from the original on 8 February 2007. Retrieved 22 April 2007.
  2. ↑ Olympic Park Station Leighton Contractors
  3. ↑ "Olympic Park Officially Opened & Rail Services Commence" Railway Digest April 1998 page 7
  4. 1 2 3 4 Sydney Royal Easter Show 2016 Transport NSW
  5. ↑ "T7: Olympic Park line timetable" (PDF). Sydney Trains. 20 October 2013 [amended January 2015].
  6. ↑ "Route 450 timetable" (PDF). Punchbowl Bus Co. 22 September 2014.
  7. ↑ "Route 401 timetable" (PDF). Sydney Buses. 21 March 2010.
  8. 1 2 "Routes 525, X25 and 526 timetable" (PDF). Sydney Buses. 7 June 2015.
  9. ↑ "Routes 533 and 534 timetable" (PDF). Sydney Buses. 10 October 2010.
  10. ↑ "Parramatta Light Rail preferred network". Transport for NSW. Retrieved 10 March 2016.
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