Riverwood railway station

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Riverwood
Airport & East Hills Line
Station code RVD
Suburb Riverwood
Street(s) William Street
Distance from Central Station 17.50 km
Altitude (above sea level) ? m
Types of stopping trains Suburban all stops
Suburban Limited Stops
Number of platforms 2
Number of tracks 4
Platform arrangement 1 island
Type of station Ground
Ticket barriers No
Transfers available None
Disabled access Yes
Station facilities Link

Riverwood is a railway station on the Airport, Inner West & South Line of the Sydney Trains network. Located in the Sydney suburb of Riverwood, it serves a residential area. Riverwood has an island platform, and is accessed by a road overbridge.

History

The station opened in 1931 with the opening of the East Hills railway line from Tempe to East Hills,[1] originally as 'Herne Bay' but was renamed Riverwood in 1958. Initially the line was single track and unelectrified, with services operated by steam trains or rail motors connecting to electric trains at Kingsgrove. Electrification arrived in 1939, and the line was duplicated to Riverwood in 1948. Riverwood was the end of the double track section until 1987 when the line was duplicated to East Hills and extended to Glenfield. It used to have terminating facilities (a set of points at the eastern end of the platforms). These were removed in the early 1990s. In 2003, it underwent a significant upgrade, including the installation of passenger lifts from the road overpass to the platforms, providing easy access for wheelchairs. In 2013, a Rail Clearways project to quadruplicate the East Hills line between Kingsgrove and Revesby was completed. The two additional tracks do not have platforms at Riverwood.

Platforms and services

As of the new Sydney Trains timetables on Sunday the 20th of October 2013: on weekdays the station is served by six trains per hour in each direction for most of the day, with additional trains provided during peak hours; and on weekends the station is served by four trains per hour in each direction for most of the day.

Platform Line Stopping pattern Notes
1 all stations and limited stops services to Central and the City Circle via the Airport or Sydenham
2 all stations and limited stops services to Revesby, Glenfield, Campbelltown and Macarthur via East Hills

Transport links

Punchbowl Bus Company runs five routes via Riverwood railway station:

NightRide runs the following route via Riverwood railway station:

  • Route N20 - between Riverwood Station and Rockdale Station

Gallery

  • Platform 1

  • The view from Belmore Road

  • The view from Belmore Road

  • The view from William Road

  • Entrance

  • Exit


Trackplan

Track arrangement at Riverwood

See also

Preceding station   Sydney Trains   Following station
towards Macarthur
 T2
Airport Line
towards Central

Notes and references

  1. ↑ "East Hills Line". Nswrail.net. Retrieved 3 January 2007. 

External links

Sydney Trains lines and stations
T2
Airport Line
NSW TrainLink Intercity lines and stations
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  •   NSW TrainLink Southern
  •   NSW TrainLink Western
  •   NSW TrainLink North Coast
  •   NSW TrainLink North Western
(stations in italics are under planning or under construction)
Under construction or planning: South West Rail Link, North West Rail Link

Coordinates: 33°57′06″S 151°03′07″E / 33.95152778°S 151.0520694°E / -33.95152778; 151.0520694

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