Extra trains are operating to help people get to and from this year’s Big Day Out to be held on Friday 25th January at Sydney Olympic Park.
Getting There: – Direct services are operating from Central, Redfern and Strathfield stations to Olympic Park Station, departing approximately every ten minutes between 10am and 2.30pm.
Customers travelling from the North Shore, Eastern Suburbs, Illawarra, Airport & East Hills lines after 2.30pm, will need to travel to Lidcombe to catch the Olympic Park Sprint service.
The Olympic Park Sprint departs Lidcombe to Olympic Park Station every ten minutes between 10am and 1am the next morning.
Additionally, special Big Day Out trains are operating direct to Olympic Park departing from the following stations:
- Campbelltown Station at 9.47am, 10.20am and 10.50am
- Newcastle Station at 7.10am
- Wyong Station at 8.31am
Getting Home: – To avoid long queues after the event, buy a return ticket to Olympic Park Station on your way to Big Day Out.
Plenty of services are running after the event to help people get home with direct services departing Olympic Park Station to Lidcombe, Strathfield, Redfern and Central stations from 8pm.
No direct intercity services are departing Olympic Park Station. Passengers will need to change at Lidcombe, Strathfield or Central stations for connecting services.
For more information including timetables go to www.cityrail.info or call the Transport Infoline on 131 500.
**** MA 15 ****** THE BIG DAY OUT IS FOR MATURE AUDIENCES ONLY
Patrons under 15, must be accompanied by a parent or legal guardian, and children under 5 years will NOT be admitted. Full event entry conditions can be found at www.bigdayout.com
ID IS REQUIRED FOR ENTRY. ACCEPTABLE ID INCLUDES: – Passport, drivers licence, proof of age card, birth certificate, secondary/tertiary ID card.
IT’S EASY BEING GREEN
What you can do individually: Big Day Out encourages music fans to be enviro-friendly. As an audience member you can offset your own carbon emissions and we encourage you to calculate your own energy consumption associated with coming to the show and pay the equivalent value towards tree planting or renewable energy which will then offset your own emissions.
To calculate your emissions:
- Use the Live Earth Calculator: http://www.earthlab.com/carbonProfile/LiveEarth.htm?ver=14
- Use the Victorian EPA calculator: http://www.epa.vic.gov.au/GreenhouseCalculator/calculator/default.asp
We recommend these offset providers, they have good calculators, the are reputable and they provide quality offset products:
- Co2 Australia: http://www.co2australia.com.au/RetailOffsets/Calculate/Overall.aspx
- Climate Friendly: http://www.climatefriendly.com/