Rydalmere railway station

Former railway station in Sydney, Australia

33°48′37″S 151°01′45″E / 33.81013889°S 151.0291889°E / -33.81013889; 151.0291889Owned byTransport Asset Holding EntityOperated bySydney TrainsLine(s)CarlingfordDistance24.01 kilometres from CentralPlatforms1Tracks1ConnectionsBusConstructionStructure typeGroundAccessibleYesOther informationStatusDemolishedStation codeRYDWebsiteTransport for NSWHistoryOpened20 April 1896Closed5 January 2020Rebuilt28 June 1993ElectrifiedYesPrevious namesVictoria RoadPassengers2013150 (daily)[1] (Sydney Trains, NSW TrainLink)Rank236 Former services
Preceding station Sydney Trains Following station
Dundas
towards Carlingford
Carlingford Line (1885–2020) Camellia
towards Clyde

Rydalmere railway station, originally Victoria Road railway station, was a railway station in Sydney, Australia that was open between 1896 and 2020. It was located on the Carlingford line and served the suburb of Rydalmere. At the time of closure, Rydalmere station was served by Sydney Trains T6 Carlingford line services.

History

Rydalmere station opened on 20 April 1896 as Victoria Road. It was renamed Rydalmere on 1 August 1901.[2] The station was originally located on the western side of the line. It was replaced by a new station on the eastern side over the former goods siding on 28 June 1993.[3]

The Camellia to Carlingford section of the Carlingford railway line is being converted to light rail as part of the Parramatta Light Rail project with the line closed on 5 January 2020.[4][5]

The station and surrounding land were fully demolished in April 2020, to be replaced with Yallamundi Light Rail Stop.[6]

Platforms & former services

At the time the station closed, the platform had the following services:

Platform Line Stopping pattern Notes
1
T6
services to Carlingford
services to Clyde
[7]

Transport links

State Transit operated six bus routes via Rydalmere station:

Rydalmere station was served by one NightRide route:

References

  1. ^ Bureau of Transport Statistics. "Train Statistics 2014" (PDF). Transport NSW. Retrieved 15 July 2018.
  2. ^ Rydalmere Station NSWrail.net
  3. ^ "Infrastructure" Railway Digest September 1993 page 395
  4. ^ T6 Carlingford Line closure for Parramatta Light Rail –Temporary Transport Plan Archived 10 October 2019 at the Wayback Machine Transport for NSW
  5. ^ "Parramatta Light Rail – How the preferred network was chosen". Transport for NSW. Archived from the original on 10 December 2015. Retrieved 8 December 2015.
  6. ^ Wood, Brenden (14 April 2020). "Sydney's newest ghost train platforms". Medium. Retrieved 20 May 2020.
  7. ^ "T6: Carlingford line timetable". Transport for NSW.
  8. ^ "Busways route 520". Transport for NSW.
  9. ^ "Busways route 521". Transport for NSW.
  10. ^ "Busways route 523". Transport for NSW.
  11. ^ "Busways route 524". Transport for NSW.
  12. ^ "Busways route 525". Transport for NSW.
  13. ^ "N61 Nightride". Transport for NSW.

External links

  • Media related to Rydalmere railway station at Wikimedia Commons
  • Rydalmere station details Transport for NSW