Rydal railway station
Rydal | |||||||||||
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 NSW TrainLink XPT at the station in December 2013 | |||||||||||
| Location | Bathurst Street, Rydal | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 33°29′01″S 150°01′54″E / 33.4836°S 150.0318°E | ||||||||||
| Owned by | RailCorp | ||||||||||
| Operated by | NSW TrainLink | ||||||||||
| Line(s) | Main Western | ||||||||||
| Distance | 181.40 kilometres from Central | ||||||||||
| Platforms | 2 side (1 disused) | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 1 | ||||||||||
| Construction | |||||||||||
| Structure type | Ground | ||||||||||
| Disabled access | Yes | ||||||||||
| Other information | |||||||||||
| Station code | RDL | ||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||
| Opened | 1 July 1870 | ||||||||||
| Services | |||||||||||
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Rydal railway station is located on the Main Western line in New South Wales, Australia. It serves the village of Rydal.
Opening on 1 July 1870[1][2] it was the next finished extension west from Lithgow after Wallerawang had been finalised four months earlier. Two years later the line was again extended finishing at Tarana before reaching Bathurst in 1876.
On 14 March 1915, the line was duplicated with a second platform built. The station closed on 27 May 1989, with the track lifted from the 1915 built platform in 1998 when the line was singled.[3][4]
The station building has been converted to a library.
Services
Rydal is served by NSW TrainLink's daily Central West XPT service operating between Sydney and Dubbo.[5] Even though it passes through the station, the Bathurst Bullet does not stop.[6]
References
- ↑ Rydal Station NSWrail.net
- ↑ "RAILWAY EXTENSION TO RYDAL.". The Sydney Morning Herald. LXII, (10,020). New South Wales, Australia. 2 July 1870. p. 7. Retrieved 26 March 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
- ↑ "Western Stations Close" Railway Digest August 1989 page 270
- ↑ Rydal Railway Station NSW Environment & Heritage
- ↑ "Western timetable" (PDF). NSW Trainlink. 20 October 2013 [Updated 15 June 2013].
- ↑ "Blue Mountains line timetable" (PDF). NSW Trainlink. 20 October 2013 [amended January 2015].