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The Sydney Olympic Park
Authority in association with the State Sports Centre welcomes you to Sydney
Olympic Park and looks forward to assisting you to ensure your Sporting
Associations enjoyment of your new location.
The Sydney Olympic Park
Authority maintains responsibility for managing all public spaces between the
venues, car parks as well as the vast Millennium Parklands, also incorporating
Bicentennial Park.
Located just
17km from Sydney’s CBD and 8km from Parramatta, Sydney Olympic Park is truly
the new heart of Sydney.
Sydney
Olympic Park Authority and venues at Sydney Olympic Park are strongly committed
to providing the world's best practice in environmentally responsible management
of events and of the site as a whole.
This Traffic
and Transport section of the information pack has been compiled to assist your
association’s relocation to the Indoor Sports Halls on Grand Parade, Sydney
Olympic Park. A full information
pack will be forwarded to you shortly.
This section of the information pack contains the following:
1.0
State Transit Buses
2.0 Ferry Services
3.0 City Rail services
4.0 Coaches and Mini Buses
5.0 Parking
6.0 Eating Places
Sydney Olympic Park is a unique area, the Authority and the venues practice innovative waste control and recycling practices and we encourage you to be environmentally responsible in your practices as well.
If there are any questions regarding Sydney Olympic Park please contact the State Sports Centre on Tel: 9763 0111 or the Sydney Olympic Park Authority on Tel: 9714 7300.
1.0
State Transit Buses:
There are 3 regular services operating to Sydney
Olympic Park and the Ferry Wharf and the summary of these services is provided
below. Please contact State Transit
on Tel: 131500 for specific route information.
Bus
Timetables:
401 Service - Lidcombe &
Olympic Park Station:
Weekdays
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Lidcombe Station - Olympic Park Station 7.40am
– 5.40pm every 40 mins.
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Olympic Park Station - Lidcombe Station 6.30am,
7.15am, 8.00am then every 40mins until 4.40pm
No weekend service available.
403
Service - Strathfield to Homebush Bay Wharf
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Weekdays |
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Saturday
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Buses from Olympic Park Station to Strathfield Station run from 8.52am, 9.57am every ½ hour to 5.57pm, 6.56pm. |
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Sunday
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555 Service – Parramatta Station to Olympic Park Station
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Weekdays |
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Saturday |
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Sunday |
2.0
Ferry Services
Ferry services currently
operate from Circular Quay and Darling Harbour.
Patrons are met at the Homebush Bay Wharf by a State Transit bus, which
will drop patrons to the heart of the site.
The
following provides a summary of current ferry services available:
| Weekday Circular Quay to Homebush Bay depart: 0655, 0820, 0900, 0950, 1050, 1150, 1250, 1.50pm, 3.10pm, 4.35pm, 5.35pm. Homebush Bay to Circular Quay depart: 0705, 0731, 0745, 0910, 1020, 1120, 1220, 1.20pm, 2.20pm, 3.20pm, 4.20pm, 5.15pm, 5.37pm, 6.35pm, 7.45pm, 7.50pm. |
Weekend
Sydney Ferries
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Ferries
from Circular Quay to Homebush Bay Wharf depart: |
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Ferries
from Homebush Bay Wharf to Circular Quay depart: |
State Transit contact number: 9207 3170
Matilda
Cruises
1 service per day leaving Darling Harbour at 5.35pm arriving at Homebush Bay
Wharf at 6:20pm and returning to Darling Harbour at 6.45pm. Matilda
Ferry contact number 9264 7377
3.0
City Rail Services
The following provides a
summary of the weekday/weekend train services available.
Weekday Services
| Olympic Park Sprint will operate between Lidcombe and Olympic Park Stations at 10 minute intervals between 7.00am and 11.30pm. |
| Four services a day will depart Central Station for Olympic Park at 9.26am, 10.26am, 11.26am & 12.26pm. |
| Five services a day will depart Olympic Park for Central Station at 11.53am, 12.53pm, 2.23pm, 2.54pm & 3.57pm. |
| On Friday evenings from 6.00pm to 11.30pm four services an hour will operate between Olympic Park and Central Stations and return. |
Saturday, Sunday and Public
Holidays
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Olympic Park Sprint operates between Lidcombe and Olympic Park Stations at 10 minute intervals between 7.00am}and 11.30pm. |
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Four services an hour will operate between Olympic Park and Central Stations and return from 7.00am to 11.30pm. |
| Contact State Transit on 131500 for timetable information. |
4.0
Coaches and Mini Buses:
Drop off of passengers for the Indoor Sports Halls
should occur on the Olympic Boulevard at the Northern Bus Terminal (immediately
beside the Sports Halls) accessible from Kevin Coombs Avenue.
Parking for coaches and mini buses can be undertaken in Coach Pod B
(shown on attached plan).
A coach parking booking form is also
enclosed, please complete the form for every bus and return to the Authority.
It is important to book your buses into the parking areas to avoid
conflict with coach parking for other events held at the numerous venues at
Sydney Olympic Park.
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Vehicle Parking:
A limited amount of free “on-street” parking
up to 2 hours is available on Grand Parade and Showground Road near the Sports
Halls. Alternately parking is
available in the multi storey car Park P1, for $2.00 per hour up to a maximum of
$10 for the day.
Vehicular parking is not allowed on the
paved pedestrian area in front of the Indoor Sports Halls.
Sydney Olympic Park is a restricted
parking precinct and infringements of $63 or more apply for parking in
unauthorised areas.
During major events restricted local area parking is widely advertised and street signs indicate that special arrangements are in force, this includes Grand Parade and Showground Road.
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Eating
Places:
Eating Places within Sydney Olympic Park:
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Amphi |
Arena |
| Boulevard
Terrace & Café Sydney SuperDome Olympic Boulevard Ph: 8765 4321 Open major event days only. |
Clear
Water Café |
| Homebush
Bay Brewery Novotel Hotel Olympic Boulevard Ph: 9762 1185 Open from 10.30am to 11pm, 7 days |
McDonalds |
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Muffin Break Novotel
& Hotel Ibis |
Café Valenti |
| The
Eatery State Sports Centre Olympic Boulevard Ph: 9763 0111 Open from 10am to 5pm weekdays and on special events |
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