Olympic Park railway station

Olympic Park
Olympic Park Line
Station code	OLP
Suburb	Sydney Olympic Park
Street(s)	Murray Rose Avenue
Distance from Central Station	17.33 km
Altitude (above sea level)	? m
Types of stopping trains	Suburban all stops Special event limited stops
Number of platforms	4
Number of tracks	2
Platform arrangement	2 Side 1 Island
Type of station	Underground
Ticket barriers	Yes
Transfers available	Bus
Disabled access	Yes
Station facilities	Link

The Olympic Park railway station in Sydney serves the suburb of Sydney Olympic Park. The station is designed to support large crowds travelling to and from the stadiums and sportsgrounds located in the suburb. The station and sports facilities were built for the 2000 Summer Olympics, but are retained for post-games uses. The stadiums are about 3 km (1.9 mi) from any existing rail line, which necessitated the rail branchline.

Design

Designed by HASSELL, the design of the station 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.

The station is located on a single track balloon loop, 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. This arrangement boosts the station's capacity by managing crowding and allowing trains to run closer together.

Gallery

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  Aerial view

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  Interior

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  Platform 4 of the station from the southern concourse

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  Rail tunnel loop

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  Platforms 1 & 2

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  Platforms 3 & 4

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  Ticket Barriers

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  Barriers on Alternate side

Platforms

Track plan

In normal operation mode, the station is served by three to six trains per hour.

Platform	Line	Stopping Pattern	Notes
	Olympic Park Line	Not in regular use	Major event services to Strathfield, Redfern and Central (pick up only)
	Olympic Park Line	Weekday off-peak limited stops services to Central	Major event services from Central, Redfern and Strathfield (set down only)
	Olympic Park Line	Olympic Park Sprint shuttle services to Lidcombe	Major event services from Blacktown, Seven Hills, Westmead, Parramatta, Granville and Lidcombe (set down only)
	Olympic Park Line	Not in regular use	Major event services to Strathfield, Redfern and Central, Blacktown (pick up only)

Transport links

Sydney Buses runs four routes to and via Olympic Park station:

• Route 401 - between Lidcombe and Sydney Olympic Park
• Route 450 - between Hurstville and Sydney Olympic Park
• Route 525 - between Burwood and Parramatta
• Route 526 - between Burwood and Olympic Park Wharf
• Route 533 - between Chatswood and Sydney Olympic Park

Punchbowl Bus Company runs one peak hour route:

• Route 450 - between Hurstville and Sydney Olympic Park

Neighbouring stations

Preceding station		CityRail		Following station
Terminus		Olympic Park Line		Strathfield towards Central
Terminus		Olympic Park Sprint Line		Lidcombe Terminus

See also

• Island platform
• Spanish solution
• Railway station layouts