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This landmark building brings the countryside to the city by an extensive railway network which once reached deep into the country’s interior. The present Central Station (the third) was built just north of the original station, on a site made available by exhuming corpses from Devonshire Street Cemetery and removing the Police Barracks, a convent, morgue and asylum.

The current station was officially opened on 4 August 1906. The second floor and clock tower were added by 1921. The interstate bus terminal was moved to Central in the late 1990s to provide a transport interchange. The forgotten lower levels were refurbished and upgrading and restoration of the external stonework and viaducts of the station has since been undertaken.

The tour will go to the ‘ghost’ platforms, numbered 26 and 27, situated between the eastern concourse and platforms 24 and 25. The ‘ghost’ platforms were built as part of the Eastern Suburbs Railway in 1979, to allow for future expansion.

Open courtesy of Railcorp and the Australian Railway Historical Society NSW Division

DATE BUILT | ARCHITECT
1904–1908 | W L Vernon, NSW Government Architect
1995–1996 | NSWGA, alterations and renovations

IMPORTANT INFORMATION
Reflective vests and torches will be issued
Not suitable for those with limited mobility or uncomfortable in confined spaces