A balloon loop , turning loop , or reversing loop ( North American Terminology ) allows a rail vehicle or train to reverse direction without having to shunt or stop. Balloon loops can be useful for passenger trains and unit freight trains .
15-743: (Redirected from Olympic Park Station ) Olympic Park railway station may refer to: Olympic Park railway station, Sydney , Australia Sydney Olympic Park metro station , a proposed metro station in Sydney, Australia Olympic Park station (Seoul) , in Seoul, South Korea Imeretinsky Kurort railway station , formerly Olympic Park, in Sochi, Russia Aolinpike Gongyuan (Olympic Park) station , Beijing Subway, China See also [ edit ] Olympic Park (disambiguation) [REDACTED] Topics referred to by
30-607: A significant work of public architecture used regularly and enjoyed by millions of visitors to Sydney Olympic Park over 25 years. During special events such as the Sydney Royal Easter Show , special services to/from Lidcombe, Blacktown , Schofields & Penrith on the T1 North Shore & Western Line and Leppington on the T2 Inner West & Leppington Line , may operate to/from any of
45-478: A stub terminus. Balloon loops enable higher line capacity (faster turnaround of a larger number of trams) and allow the use of single-ended trams which have several advantages, including lower cost and more seating. However, double-ended trams also benefit from the capacity advantage of balloon loops. Occasionally, balloon loops are used for reversing trains on lines with heavy grades and tight curves to equalize wear on both sides of locomotives and rollingstock. Such
60-450: A workday commuter role. The station is located on a single track balloon loop spur line, but the station itself has 2 tracks and 4 platform faces. Ordinarily, the centre island platform is used for both boarding and alighting, but this changes when the station is operating in major event mode. In this mode, the centre island platform is used by alighting passengers and the two side platforms are brought into use for boarding passengers. It
75-520: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Olympic Park railway station, Sydney Olympic Park railway station is located on the Olympic Park line , serving the Sydney suburb of Sydney Olympic Park . It is served by Sydney Trains ' T7 Olympic Park Line services. The station is also frequently used to terminate trains from other lines during periods of trackwork. Olympic Park station
90-503: Is now the only station functioning on the Olympic Park railway line , originally built as the Abattoirs Branch line to serve the state abattoirs and associated sale yards located in the area that is now Sydney Olympic Park. The line closed in stages in 1984 and 1995 when these facilities moved out of the area. After the last passenger service on the line was withdrawn in 1995, the line was rebuilt and realigned in places to serve
105-615: Is still the predominant method of tramway operation in the world , in spite of the recent construction of some new, typically smaller, stubbed systems with double-ended trams. Balloon loops are used extensively on tramway systems with single-ended trams. Usually located at termini, the loop may be a single one-way track round a block. Single-ended trams have a cab at only one end and doors on one side, making them cheaper and having more space for passengers. On tram systems with double-ended trams balloon loops are not required but may still be used as they can provide greater turn-around capacity than
120-627: The 19th century, looped streetcar (tram) lines also began to appear on systems in the US, and soon looped operation with single-ended streetcars became widely used on many North American streetcar systems. European systems were almost universally converted to looped operation in the early 20th century, and most also adopted single-ended trams. Loops were also used on some tramways in Asia, South America and New Zealand, as well as on other Australian systems in addition to Sydney. Looped operation with single-ended trams
135-547: The 2000 Olympic Games, most of the sporting facilities were retained and adapted to recreational, entertainment and domestic competition uses. The Easter Show also continues to draw large crowds each year. In addition, the Sydney Olympic Park area has seen high density residential developments, as well as the development of hotels, offices and shops. As a result, in addition to transporting crowds attending sporting and other events, Olympic Park station now also fulfils
150-699: The four platforms. Busways operates two bus routes via Olympic Park station, under contract to Transport for NSW : Transit Systems operates one bus route via Olympic Park station, under contract to Transport for NSW: Sydney Olympic Park metro station will be located to the north of the current station and is planned to open in 2032. [REDACTED] Media related to Olympic Park railway station at Wikimedia Commons Balloon loop Balloon loops are common on tram and streetcar systems. Many streetcar and tram systems use single-ended vehicles that have doors on only one side and controls at only one end. These systems may also haul trailers with no controls in
165-467: The new stadiums and sports grounds that were being built for the 2000 Summer Olympics . Olympic Park station opened in 1998 at the same time as the new Sydney Showground nearby, which is used each year for the Sydney Royal Easter Show . As well as Easter Show attendees, the station was designed to support large crowds travelling to and from the stadiums and sports grounds in Olympic Park. After
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#1732797781378180-449: The rear car, and, as such, must be turned at each end of the route. Balloon loops were first introduced on tram and, later, metro lines. They did not commonly appear on freight railways until the 1960s, when the modernising British Rail system introduced merry-go-round (MGR) coal trains that operated from mines to power stations and back again without shunting . On the former Sydney tram system, loops were used from 1881 until
195-449: The same term This disambiguation page lists articles about railway and public transport stations with the same name. If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Olympic_Park_railway_station&oldid=1070692175 " Category : Station disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description
210-568: The second-generation system's closure in 1961. Initially, the Sydney system was operated by single-ended steam trams ; then from the 1890s by double-ended electric trams. Lines were looped in the Sydney CBD and the other busiest areas of operation, such as the eastern suburbs lines, as they provided greater turn-around capacity on the crowded system. The Sydney system was the first example of a tramway system using loops and has continued to build them up to 1997 (third-generation system). Later in
225-683: Was built by Leighton Contractors . It was opened by Premier of New South Wales Bob Carr on 8 March 1998. The design of the station by Hassell has been critically acclaimed by many. It won the 1998 BHP Colorbond Award for innovative use of steel architecture, and the 1998 Sir John Sulman Medal , from the Royal Australian Institute of Architects . In 2023 the station was awarded the New South Wales Enduring Architecture Award in recognition of its design, innovation and longevity,
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