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The Olympic Park railway station in Sydney serves the sportsgrounds and stadiums in the Homebush Bay area. These sports facilities were built for the 2000 Olympic Games, but are retained for post-games uses. 2000 is a leap year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
For months before the Olympic Games, runners relay the Olympic Flame from Olympia to the opening ceremony. ...
The stadiums are about 3km from any existing rail line, which necessitates a rail branchline.
During quiet times, a shuttle service operates at 20 minute intervals from Lidcombe railway station, where there is a "Sprint" platform number zero. These sprint trains are between 2 and 8 cars long.
During major events, trains operate from Central station in the east, and Blacktown station in the west. Depending on dates and times, these Olympic Park trains can have exclusive use of 2 of the 4 or 6 tracks between Central and Blacktown. Up to 20 trains per hour may be run, 10 from the east and 10 from the west, using 8-car double deck trains. Clock tower of Central Station Central (also known as Sydney Terminal) is the largest railway station in Sydney, Australia, which services almost all of the lines on the CityRail network, and is the major terminus for interurban and interstate rail services. ...
The station at Olympic Park is located on a Balloon Loop, with 2 tracks and 4 platform faces.
The centre island platform is used by arriving east and west trains to disembark passengers.
The two separate outermost side platforms 1 & 4 are used by departing east and west trains to pick up passengers.
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