Concord West railway station, Sydney

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Concord West is a CityRail railway station on the Northern line. It is served by 4 trains per hour during peak hours and 2 trains per hour the rest of the time.

The station serves the residential suburbs of the Concord West and Liberty Grove.

Facilities

The station is comprised of 3 platforms (2 of them on an island platform) linked together by an overhead bridge. Entrances to the station are from King Street to the west and Queen Street to the east. Trains travelling south (to the city) stop at platform 1 (to the east) and those travelling north (to Hornsby) stop at platform 2.

The bridge features a ticket office, automated ticket vending machine and toilets. Platform 1 to the city has the most people waiting for trains. It has a small waiting room, a ticket vending machine and public phone. The waiting room is locked when the station is unstaffed. It once featured a ticket window but this is now located on the bridge.

The old style indicators showing the time of the next train are located on the bridge next to the ticket office and are updated manually. Outside peak times, when the station is unstaffed, the indicators are covered. A small bike rack is located on the eastern side of the station. On the western side, people sometimes chain their bikes to the fence.

The station does not yet have Easy Access for wheelchairs.

Platforms/Service

Platform 1:
*Northern line colour>Northern Line - all stations services to Central and (via the City) to North Sydney, then Lindfield, Gordon, or Hornsby via the North Shore line colour>North Shore Line.

Platform 2:
*Northern Line - all stations services to Eastwood and Hornsby.

Platform 3:
*Northern Line - occasional all stations services to Eastwood and Hornsby.

History

During the 2000 Olympics, Concord West was used as an alternate station to access Sydney Olympic Park for inter-city rail services from the Central Coast, with the platforms being extended to enable inter-city trains to make an additional stop. A temporary footbridge and an extra station exit was also provided, but those were removed after the Olympics.

Concord West station's No. 3 platform is bidirectional, and for a time was used as the Sydney stopping point for the now-defunct Great South Pacific Express train.

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Neighbouring stations

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