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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.
Sydney Metro City & Southwest is planned to open in two stages: the section between Chatswood and Sydenham via the central business district opened on 19 August 2024, [6] [7] and the section between Sydenham and Bankstown, which consists of part of the Bankstown railway line converted to metro use, is planned to open in 2025.
The Goods Line uses the route of a former freight railway line that connected Sydney Yard and the Sydney–Parramatta railway line to the shipping port of Darling Harbour. The railway line opened in 1855 and was extended to Dulwich Hill in 1922, providing a way for freight trains to access Darling Harbour without interfering with passenger trains.
Railway Square in 1910 Railway Square in 2016. Railway Square was originally known as Central Square. In the 19th century and early 20th century, Central Square was the heart of the city's modern retail district, enhanced by the presence of Central railway station and its adjacent hotels, erected to serve country visitors arriving in Sydney by train. [1]
The City Circle is a mostly-underground railway line located in the Sydney central business district and Haymarket, in New South Wales, Australia, that forms the core of Sydney's passenger rail network. The lines are owned by the Transport Asset Holding Entity, a State government agency, and operated under Transport for NSW's Sydney Trains ...
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.
"Central Station" is a common proper name for a railway station that is the central or primary railway hub for a city, for example, Manchester Central, [13] which is not to be confused with those stations in which "Central" appears in name not because they were "central" in the sense above but because they were once served by railway companies ...