Rydalmere railway station

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.

Rydalmere
Closed commuter rail station
Station in November 2012
General information
LocationBrodie Street, Rydalmere
Coordinates33°48′37″S 151°01′45″E
Owned byTransport Asset Holding Entity
Operated bySydney Trains
Line(s)Carlingford
Distance24.01 kilometres from Central
Platforms1
Tracks1
ConnectionsBus
Construction
Structure typeGround
AccessibleYes
Other information
StatusDemolished
Station codeRYD
WebsiteTransport for NSW
History
Opened20 April 1896
Closed5 January 2020
Rebuilt28 June 1993
ElectrifiedYes
Previous namesVictoria Road
Passengers
2013150 (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

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.[6]

Platforms & former services

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

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

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 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. "State Transit route 520". Transport for NSW.
  9. "State Transit route 521". Transport for NSW.
  10. "State Transit route 523". Transport for NSW.
  11. "State Transit route 524". Transport for NSW.
  12. "State Transit route 525". Transport for NSW.
  13. "N61 Nightride". Transport for NSW.
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