Lidcombe railway station

Lidcombe is a major junction station on the Sydney Trains network, in the Sydney suburb of Lidcombe. It has 6 platforms: five for ordinary suburban services, and one for the shuttle between Lidcombe and Olympic Park - officially Platform 0 but known as the 'Olympic Park Sprint Platform' in the past. Three lifts facilitate easy access for wheelchairs.

History
Lidcombe station opened in 1858 with four platforms during the construction of the railway line through the area at that time is was called Haslams Creek after Samuel Haslam a local landowner, 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 in 1914 the station name was changed again to Lidcombe.

In 1999, Platform 0, also known as the Olympic Park Sprint Platform, was constructed as part of the Olympic Park line works to serve shuttle trains between Lidcombe and Olympic Park. This platform is north-east of platform 1 (hence its numbering) and accessed through a corridor at the eastern end of platform 1.

In 2010, an extra platform (5) for Bankstown line trains was opened, so they no longer operated in a loop with the Inner West line. This was built as part of the CityRail Clearways Project which intends to reduce the number of shared resources (e.g. trains, tracks, crew) between lines so that delays remain isolated to a single line.

Platforms and Services
The station is served by eleven to sixteen trains per hour each way, with additional trains during weekday peak hours. Blue Mountains line trains make an extra stop at Lidcombe during special events at Olympic Park.