Fire Sydney next to Central Station: What Sydney Train commuters need to know
What rail passengers in Sydney need to know if a huge fire breaks out next to Central Station
- Light rail and some buses are affected
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Some transport services have been suspended in Sydney as a massive fire burns down a building next to Central Station, although most are still running.
Light rail services on the L2 Randwick and L3 Kingsford lines are suspended.
“There are no services running between Circular Quay and Moore Park due to a building fire,” says a warning on the official TripView app.
Commuters have been advised to ‘take the train between Circular Quay and Central, and the regular buses instead’.
“Light rail services still run between Moore Park and Randwick, as well as between Moore Park and Juniors Kingsford.”
Train services have not been affected by the fire, a Transport for NSW spokesperson said, but some bus services are being diverted in the area.
A massive inferno burns down a building next to Sydney’s busiest train station – and has already spread to a nearby apartment complex and at least one car on the street outside
Chalmers Street and Randle Street are closed between Cleveland and Elizabeth Streets. Elizabeth Street is closed southbound at Foveaux Street.
Trains are currently still running to and from Central Station, the surrounding streets are closed to traffic.
On Thursday, a dramatic vision emerged of a building on fire in Randle Lane, on the corner of Elizabeth Street in Surry Hills, on the southern edge of Sydney’s CBD.
Nearly every room of the building is on fire, as walls and roof collapse on the street below.
The seven-story building is surrounded by dozens of other high-rises, which are now also in danger of burning.
A car parked in front of the building is also on fire in what has been described as one of the largest out-of-control fires in living memory.
A witness told Daily Mail Australia: ‘We have all been evacuated. The smoke turned to fire so quickly. It was an empty building we think.
Nearly every room of the building is on fire, as walls and roof collapse on the street below
A building has caught fire in Sydney’s CBD, sending thick plumes of smoke into the air
The massive fire has since spread to a second building and threatens a residential apartment building nearby.
On Thursday afternoon, a shocking vision appeared in which the building on Randle Lane, on the corner of Elizabeth Street in Surry Hills, was on fire
“The size of the flames is unbelievable and the heat that comes out. Horrible. It must be affecting our building across the road now, but we’ve moved so far away we can’t see a thing.’
Firefighters remain on scene and are trying to bring the fire under control. They doused surrounding buildings with water in an effort to contain the spread of the fire.
The fire is believed to have started on the third floor and spread quickly around 4 p.m. Thursday.
Daily Mail Australia understands the entire roof has been destroyed so far and there are concerns among workers in the area that the fire will spread to surrounding buildings
