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Newcastle Herald

National

Simon McCarthy

Plan your trip from Newcastle and the Central Coast to Harry Styles this weekend

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A massive weekend of entertainment was set to test transport lines in and out of Sydney from Friday night, as upwards of 70,000 fans descend on Olympic Park for Harry Styles, kicking off a packed weekend schedule.

Sydney WorldPride, the international pride festivals first appearance in Australia, will conclude at the weekend with events on Oxford Street and Bondi, and more than 100,000 concertgoers are expected to converge on Olympic Park as Styles, the Backstreet Boys and the King of Mandopop, singer-songwriter Jay Chou, host simultaneous concerts there Saturday night.

Parking in the precinct has already sold out and Transport NSW has warned of significant delays approaching the western suburbs precinct during Friday peak hour.

Concertgoers have been urged to plan their trip, with all public transport included in ticket prices and express and limited trains running on Central and Western lines to and from the shows.

Additional train services will run from Strathfield to Newcastle and the Central Coast at 11.30pm and 12.30am, Transport NSW advised. The 12:48 service from Central (departing Strathfield 1:01am) to Gosford will extend, stopping all stations to Newcastle.

"Sydney Olympic Park Major Event Buses will run on all nine routes to Olympic Park frequently from around 3.15pm, depending on the route. Frequent return services will run after each show," the state's transport department said in a statement.

Public transport to and from Harry Styles at Sydney Olympic Park this weekend

Getting to the Harry Styles concert by train, Friday night

From Central: express services to Olympic Park will run approximately every 10 minutes from 5pm.
From Strathfield: express trains will run from Strathfield to Olympic Park every 30 minutes from 4.50pm to 7.50pm.
From Campbelltown: additional trains will leave at 5.51pm and 6.44pm, stopping all stations to Granville, then Auburn and Olympic Park
From Liverpool: an additional train will leave at 6.09pm stopping all stations to Granville, then Auburn and Olympic Park
From Epping: additional trains will leave at 6.13pm, 6.44pm and 6.58pm stopping all stations to Strathfield; then change for express services to Olympic Park.
From Blacktown: an additional train will leave at 5.50pm stopping at Seven Hills then all stations to Granville, Clyde, Auburn and Olympic Park.
From Schofields: additional trains will leave at 6pm and 6.29pm stopping Seven Hills then all stations to Granville, Clyde, Auburn and Olympic Park
From Penrith: an additional limited stop train will leave at 6.11pm stopping all stations to Seven Hills, Westmead, Parramatta, Granville, Auburn and Olympic Park
Trains also run regularly to Lidcombe where you can head to Platform Zero for a direct train to Olympic Park, running every 10 minutes.

Getting home by train, Friday night

To Central: express services will leave Olympic Park every 5 minutes from 10pm until 12.30am, then every 10 minutes from 12.30am to 1.30am, stopping at Strathfield, Redfern then Central.
Western Line stations: limited-stop services will leave Olympic Park every 7-8 minutes from 10pm to 12.30am, stopping a Blacktown, Penrith and Emu Plains stopping Lidcombe, Granville, Parramatta, Westmead, Seven Hills then all stations to Penrith. From 12.30am to 1.30am trains will run every 20 minutes limited stops to Penrith and every 20 minutes all-stops to Schofields.
Southern line stations: additional trains will leave Lidcombe at 11.23pm and 11:53pm; stopping Auburn, Granville then all stations to Macarthur.
Central Coast & Newcastle stations: additional services to Newcastle will depart Strathfield at 11:30pm and 12:30am; stopping Epping, Hornsby then all stations to Newcastle. The 12:48 service from Central (departing Strathfield 1:01am) to Gosford will extend, stopping all stations to Newcastle.
South Line stations: an additional service to Wollongong will depart Central at 11:52pm; stopping; Redfern, Wolli Creek, Hurstville, Sutherland then all stations to Wollongong
To Blue Mountains: Catch Blacktown services from Olympic Park and change at Parramatta for connecting Blue Mountains services.

Road closures in and around Sydney Olympic Park

Sydney Olympic Park Authority will close the following local roads in the precinct to accommodate increased public transport services and ensure pedestrian safety during the event. Roads will re-open when safe to do so. For road closure details, visit Sydney Olympic Park Authority and check out the interactive map.

From 7pm on Thursday 2 March