page_title: Wynyard railway station, Sydney
section_title: History
hierarchical_section_title: Wynyard railway station, Sydney / History
caption_attribution_description: English: Building Sydney Rail Network, Kembla Building 58 Margaret Street in background, Leyland trucks foreground with Ruston Steam Shovel, Arthur Ernest Foster, State Library of New South Wales Box 37 No. 428. English: Building Sydney Rail Network, Kembla Building 58 Margaret Street in background, Leyland trucks foreground with Ruston Steam Shovel, Arthur Ernest Foster, State Library of New South Wales Box 37 No. 428.
context_page_description: Wynyard railway station is a heritage-listed underground commuter rail station located in the north-west precinct of the Sydney central business district, in New South Wales, Australia. The station opened on 28 February 1932 to coincide with the opening of the Sydney Harbour Bridge.
context_section_description: The station opened on 28 February 1932. Wynyard was originally constructed with six platforms (the existing four platforms are still numbered from 3 to 6), with platforms 1-4 located on the upper level and platforms 5 and 6 on the lower level. The original intention was that Platforms 1 and 2, located adjacent to platforms 3 and 4, would eventually serve the eastern pair of railway tracks across the Harbour Bridge. In the interim, they were used as a terminus for North Shore tram services on Sydney's tram network, a service that operated over those tracks from the bridge's opening in 1932 until 1958. A feature of these lines was Australia's only underground tram terminus.  On 22 January 1956, the lines from platforms 5 and 6 were extended to Circular Quay as part of the City Circle.
caption: Building Sydney Rail Network, ca. 1926, Arthur Ernest Foster
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