Olympic Park railway line

Olympic Park railway line
The single track balloon loop towards Lidcombe as it passes under the Olympic Boulevard.
Overview
OwnerTransport Asset Holding Entity
LocaleSydney, New South Wales, Australia
Stations1
Service
ServicesT7 Olympic Park Line
Operator(s)Sydney Trains
History
Opened13 July 1911 (1911-07-13) (Abattoirs)
Closed1995
Reopened8 March 1998 (1998-03-08) (Olympic Park)
Technical
Track length7 km (4.3 mi)
Number of tracks3
Track gauge1,435 mm (4 ft 8+12 in) standard gauge
Electrification1,500 V DC from overhead catenary[1]

The Olympic Park railway line is a railway line linking the Sydney Olympic Park precinct to the Main Suburban railway line at Flemington and Lidcombe. Originally opened as the Abattoirs branch in 1911, it was rebuilt and reopened as the Olympic Park railway line in 1998. Passenger services have since been running on it as the Olympic Park Line (numbered T7, grey).

  1. ^ Asset Standards Authority (19 March 2014). RailCorp electrical system general description, version 1.0 (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 June 2015. Retrieved 1 September 2015.