Welcome to Central Station
Start your tour at the CountryLink travel centre on
platform 1.
Central Station location No. 8:
Turn right and follow the edge of building outside and around the corner
towards the electric platforms.
The official name for platforms 1-19 was Sydney Terminal. Once the "electric"
platforms and the City Circle were opened, Central Station became its
common name.
Work began on the city underground in 1916 but stopped again in 1918.
Work resumed in 1922 and the first electric train ran from Central Station
to Oatley Station in March 1926 and to St James in December 1926.
Notice the maze of train lines ahead of you and to the left. Compare
this with the photo showing the construction of the city railway.
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View from Elizabeth
St during construction of the electric platforms. |
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