Central Station is comprised of multiple concourses, platforms and exits. There are three main concourse levels:
Grand Concourse (GC)
Concourse (C) and
Lower Concourse (LC).
The NSW TrainLink information point, secure luggage storage services, luggage collection and drop-off, Sydney Visitor Centre, coach terminal and transport information are all located in the Grand Concourse. Regional and Intercity trains run from platforms 1 to 14 on the Grand Concourse.
The Concourse contains platforms 16 to 23 for Sydney and suburban trains.
Train services to the airport depart from Platform 23, which is accessible by both the Concourse and Lower Concourse.
The Lower Concourse contains platforms 12 to 25 for Sydney and suburban trains.
Customer information screens are located around the station to inform of departing services and interchange options.
Central Station has six main exits:
Exit 1 (Grand Concourse): From here you can access:
Railway Square, where there are bus stops, coach bays, taxi ranks, and a kiss and ride area.
L1 light rail services.
Pitt Street where you can join L2-L3 light rail services at Haymarket light rail stop.
Eddy Avenue Plaza - Note stair and escalator access only from Grand Concourse, please exit via Exit 2 Eddy Avenue for level access.
Exit 2 - Eddy Avenue, where you can catch buses from Stands A - D.
Exit 3 - Elizabeth Street, where you can catch buses from Stands E - F.
Exit 5 - Chalmers Street, where you can join light rail L1-L2 services.
Exit 6 - Devonshire Street, where you can catch buses from Stand G
Exit 7 - Railway Square, where you can catch buses from Stands J - N
Eastern Stairs is an underpass for access to Chalmers Street. Note the Eastern Stairs is a stair exit only, please exit via Exit 5 Chalmers Street for lift access.
There have been three terminal stations in Sydney.
First Sydney terminal
The railway arrived in New South Wales in 1831. Proposals began in the 1840s for a railway linking Sydney and Parramatta, with an eastern terminus close to the Sydney city centre.
Although the Sydney Railway Company first applied to the government for four blocks of land between Hay and Cleveland streets in 1849, the Surveyor General favoured Grose Farm, now the grounds of the University of Sydney. It was further from the city and less costly to develop. The company finally exchanged land in the first, second and third blocks, between Hay and Devonshire Streets, for an increased area of eight hectares (twenty acres) in the fourth block, the Government Paddocks, between Devonshire and Cleveland Streets. Hence, the site of the first Sydney railway terminus was located here from 1855.[3]
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]
This station (one wooden platform in a corrugated iron shed), called "Sydney Terminal", had Devonshire Street as its northern boundary.[6] It was frequently but unofficially called "Redfern Station",[8] while at that time, the present Redfern Station was officially called "Eveleigh".[9] Although called "Redfern Station", the first and second Sydney Terminals were never actually located in Redfern, being to the north of Cleveland Street, which is Redfern's northern boundary.
The first and second station buildings were both in the form of a shed which covered the main line. A photograph of the exterior of the first station taken in 1871 shows vertical boarding, windows with a hood and a corrugated iron roof, with a roof vent. Internally, the stud framing and timber truss roof members were exposed. The offices and public facilities were contained in the adjacent lean-to, which faced George Street.
Only one platform and the main up-line served the passenger station. A similar platform and line layout was used for the Mortuary Station, constructed 15 years later; however, the level of detail and materials varied considerably.[3] The first station building was extended almost immediately, a shed being constructed at the southern end to cover an additional 30 metres (100 ft) of platform.
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