Central Station

The Central Station, in Sydney

The Central Station of Sydney is the largest and most frequented of Australia, classified in the heritage register of New South Wales. The Sydney audio-guided tour stops here to evoke this neoclassical building of 1874, that separates the districts of Haymarket and Surry Hills and faces Belmore Park, a hub of the rail network of the city.

The largest station of Australia

Here you are in front of the Central Station of Sydney, the largest and most frequented of Australia. Inscribed in the heritage register of the State of New South Wales, it marks the separation between the districts of Haymarket and Surry Hills, on the edge of the city centre. The very first station of Sydney had been built at this location from 1855, but the building you have in front of you dates from 1874, when the city, in full rise, needed a station worthy of its rail development. It bears a fine neoclassical style, rhythmed with columns and arcades, that gives much charm to this artery facing Belmore Park, a pleasant green space that softens the surrounding animation. Dominated by a great clock tower added at the beginning of the twentieth century, the station is a major landmark in the urban landscape. A true heart of the rail network of Sydney, it sees hundreds of thousands of travellers transit each day, linking the city centre to the suburbs and to the main lines that serve the whole State. Its monumental hall, its lively platforms and its careful architecture make it much more than a simple place of passage: a monument in its own right, witness of the golden age of the Australian railway. A historic station and a crossroads of the city, the Central Station is a fine stop of the discovery of Sydney.

What to see

Here you discover the largest and most frequented of the stations of Australia, classified in the heritage of New South Wales; built in 1874 on the site of the first station of 1855, of fine neoclassical style with columns and arcades, dominated by a clock tower, it separates Haymarket and Surry Hills, facing Belmore Park. The Central Station is a crossroads of Sydney. It is a fine stop, to be explored on foot.

Practical information

The Central Station lies on the edge of the centre of Sydney, between Haymarket and Surry Hills, facing Belmore Park, reachable on foot or by transport. It is a station in activity, freely accessible, whose architecture and clock tower you admire; it serves the whole rail network of the city and the State. You discover it during a walk.

When was the Central Station of Sydney built?

The very first station had been built at this location from 1855, but the current building dates from 1874, when the city in full rise needed a great station; of fine neoclassical style and dominated by a clock tower, it is the largest and most frequented of the stations of Australia, classified in the heritage of New South Wales.

Where is the Central Station in Sydney?

On the edge of the centre of Sydney, between Haymarket and Surry Hills, facing Belmore Park, in Australia.