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The original Sydney station was opened on 26 September 1855 in an area known as Cleveland Fields. It was a temporary timber and corrugated iron building, constructed rapidly in late August to early September 1855, in time for the opening of the line to Parramatta for passenger trains. [3] The first Sydney railway terminus, pictured in 1871
Sandstone railway bridge over Hay Street beside Belmore Park Neon sign over Sharpie's Golf House. Central is an urban locality around Central railway station in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. It is located in the Sydney central business district and is part of the local government area of the City of Sydney.
There are currently 21 Sydney Metro stations open and 52 kilometres (32 mi) of track. [3] [4] When current construction is complete, there will be 46 metro stations and 113 kilometres (70 mi) of track. [5] The first section of the Sydney Metro, the Sydney Metro Northwest project, opened on 26 May 2019 between Tallawong and Chatswood. [5]
In April 2017, the coach bays relocated to the western forecourt of Central station. [2] Since the introduction of the light rail services, the Big Bus Tours sightseeing services stop in Pitt Street just south of Eddy Avenue. Until the early 1960s, Eddy Avenue had tram lines running down its central reservation.
The area was landscaped and in 1868 it opened as a park dedicated to Somerset Lowry-Corry, 4th Earl Belmore the then Governor of New South Wales.In 1901 the whole area was resumed [2] for the construction of Sydney's Central railway station with the majority of excavated earth placed on the common, burying the original layout. [1]
Built in stages, the first City Circle stations to open were the heritage-listed [4] Museum and St James, which both opened in 1926 as part of the initial electrification of Sydney railways. Next was the "western limb" through Town Hall and Wynyard, which opened in 1932 in conjunction with the opening of the Sydney Harbour Bridge .
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At its eastern end, the tunnel begins at a head house descending from Chalmers Street to a vestibule from which both Central station and the tunnel can be accessed. The tunnel continues west from the vestibule under the tracks and platforms of the station, and opens onto Henry Deane Plaza, a depressed urban square opposite Railway Square filled with shops and restaurants.