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Rydal
XP2002 leads WT28.jpg
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 / -33.4836; 150.0318
Owned by Transport Asset Holding Entity
Operated by NSW TrainLink
Line(s) Main Western
Distance 181.4 kilometres (112.7 mi) 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
Preceding station TfNSW T.png NSW TrainLink Following station
Tarana
toward Bathurst
Blue Mountains Line
(4 daily services) Bathurst Bullet
Lithgow
toward Central
Tarana
toward Dubbo
NSW TrainLink Western Line
Dubbo XPT
Lithgow
toward Sydney
Official name Rydal Railway Station group
Type State heritage (complex / group)
Designated 2 April 1999
Reference no. 1239
Type Railway Platform/ Station
Category Transport - Rail
Location
Rydal is located in New South Wales
Rydal
Rydal
Location in New South Wales

Rydal railway station is a heritage-listed railway station located on the Main Western line in Rydal, City of Lithgow, New South Wales, Australia. It is also known as Rydal Railway Station group. The property was added to the New South Wales State Heritage Register on 2 April 1999.

History

The station opened on 1 July 1870 and 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.

The station building has been converted to a library.

Description

The complex comprises:

  • Station / residence - type 1 - sub-type 2, 1869
  • Signal box - type 3, small, c. 1914
  • Platform faces - stone and brick
  • War memorial

Services

Rydal is served by NSW TrainLink's daily Central West XPT service operating between Sydney and Dubbo. The XPT only stops on request if passengers have booked to board/alight here. From 16 September 2019 the 4 times daily Bathurst Bullet also stops here.

Platform Line Stopping pattern Notes
1
NSW TrainLink
2 morning services to Sydney Central
2 evening services to Lithgow
4 daily services to Bathurst
Western Region
Services to Sydney Central and Dubbo request stop (booked passengers only)
2 Not in use

Heritage listing

As at 27 November 2000, the station building was constructed when the line opened to Rydal and retains its original form from that period. It is an important early railway complex that maintains its setting (largely through main road bypass) and which forms an important visual element in the valley viewed from both road approaches and from the level crossing. The changing view of the structure from the road is the visual focus of the town which is now a remnant of its previous importance as a centre for the production of fine wool. The station building symbolises the confidence in railway construction and the transition towards a railway architecture. It is a rare example of a combined station/residence, five of which remain. All similar structures, found further west towards Blayney, have major alteration or extensions. The other items on the site are significant as they indicate the development of the system and how early sites adapted to duplication and increased traffic followed by more recently decreased traffic.

Rydal railway station was listed on the New South Wales State Heritage Register on 2 April 1999 having satisfied the following criteria.

The place possesses uncommon, rare or endangered aspects of the cultural or natural history of New South Wales.

This item is assessed as historically rare. This item is assessed as scientifically rare. This item is assessed as arch. rare. This item is assessed as socially rare.

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