Central | |
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 Central railway station, August 2017 | |
| General information | |
| Location | Eddy Avenue, Sydney, New South Wales Australia |
| Coordinates | 33°53′06″S 151°12′19″E / 33.8849°S 151.2052°E |
| Elevation | 20 metres (66 ft) |
| Owned by | Transport Asset Holding Entity |
| Platforms | 26
|
| Tracks | 30 |
| Train operators | |
| Connections |
 Central Chalmers Street |
| Construction | |
| Structure type | Ground & underground |
| Accessible | Yes |
| Other information | |
| Status | Staffed (24 hours, 7 days/week) |
| Station code | CEN |
| Website | Central station at transportnsw.info |
| History | |
| Opened | 5 August 1906 |
| Electrified | June 1926 |
| Passengers | |
| 2023[2] |
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Building details | |
 | |
| General information | |
| Type | Railway station terminus |
| Architectural style | Federation Free Classical |
| Inaugurated | 4 August 1906 |
| Renovated | 1915, 1921, 1926, 1955, 1964, 1979, 2024 |
| Cost | £561,000, equivalent to approximately A$94,600,000 in 2022 |
| Client | New South Wales Government Railways |
| Height | |
| Height | 75 metres |
| Tip | 85.6 metres (281 ft) AHD |
| Technical details | |
| Material |
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| Lifts/elevators | 17 |
| Design and construction | |
| Architect(s) | Walter Liberty Vernon (1901–1906) |
| Architecture firm | New South Wales Government Architect |
| Developer | Government of New South Wales |
| Engineer | Henry Deane (Engineer in Chief of the New South Wales Government Railways) |
| Services engineer | John Bradfield (rail engineering) |
| Other designers | Fairfax & Roberts (clock tower) |
| Main contractor | NSW Department of Public Works |
| Official name | Sydney Terminal and Central Railway Stations Group; Central Railway; Central Station; Underbridges |
| Type | State heritage (complex / group) |
| Criteria | a., b., c., d., e., f., g. |
| Designated | 2 April 1999 |
| Reference no. | 1255 |
| Type | Railway Platform/ Station |
| Category | Transport – Rail |
| References | |
| [3][4][5][6][7] | |
Central is a heritage-listed railway station located in the centre of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. The station is Australia's largest and busiest railway station, and is a major transport interchange for NSW TrainLink inter-city rail services, Sydney Trains commuter rail services, Sydney Metro services, Sydney light rail services, bus services, and private coach transport services. The station is also known as Sydney Terminal (Platforms 1 to 12). The property was added to the New South Wales State Heritage Register on 2 April 1999.[3] It recorded 85.4 million passenger movements in 2018 and serves over 250,000 people daily.
Central station occupies a large city block separating Haymarket, Surry Hills and the central business district, bounded by Railway Square and Pitt Street in the west, Eddy Avenue in the north, Elizabeth Street in the east and the Devonshire Street Tunnel in the south. Parts of the station and marshalling yards extend as far south as Cleveland Street, and are located on the site of the former Devonshire Street Cemetery.
- ^ This figure is the number of entries and exits of a year combined averaged to a day.
- ^ "Train Station Monthly Usage". Open Data. Retrieved 26 January 2024.
- ^ a b "Sydney Terminal and Central Railway Stations Group". New South Wales State Heritage Register. Department of Planning & Environment. H01255. Retrieved 13 October 2018.
Text is licensed by State of New South Wales (Department of Planning and Environment) under CC BY 4.0 licence. Material was copied from this source, which is available under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
- ^ "Central Railway Station". New South Wales Heritage Database. Office of Environment & Heritage. Retrieved 3 January 2017.
- ^ "Central Railway Station and Sydney Terminal Group". New South Wales Heritage Database. Office of Environment & Heritage. Retrieved 3 January 2017.
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
central historywas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ "Central Railway Station, Eddy Av, Haymarket, NSW, Australia (Place ID 2196)". Australian Heritage Database. Australian Government. 21 March 1978. Retrieved 29 November 2017.
