West Ryde railway station

West Ryde
Southbound view from Platform 3, showing the station concourse and platform shelters in February 2024
General information
Location	West Parade, West Ryde Sydney, New South Wales Australia
Coordinates	33°48′26″S151°05′25″E / 33.807233°S 151.090207°E / -33.807233; 151.090207 (West Ryde railway station)
Elevation	28 metres (92 ft)
Owned by	Transport Asset Manager of NSW
Operated by	Sydney Trains
Line(s)	Main North
Distance	19.20 km (11.93 mi) from Central
Platforms	3 (1 island, 1 side)
Tracks	3
Connections	Bus
Construction
Structure type	Ground
Accessible	Yes
Other information
Status	Staffed
Station code	WSR
Website	Transport for NSW
History
Opened	17 September 1886(138 years ago) (1886-09-17)
Electrified	Yes (from January 1929)
Previous names	Ryde (1886–1945)
Passengers
2023 [1]	2,355,130 (year) 6,452 (daily) [2] (Sydney Trains, NSW TrainLink)
Services
Preceding station Sydney Trains Following station Denistone towards Hornsby Northern Line Meadowbank towards Gordon via  Central
Location

West Ryde railway station is a suburban railway station located on the Main North line, serving the Sydney suburb of West Ryde. It is served by Sydney Trains T9 Northern Line services.

History

Looking north from the footbridge the diverging outbound tracks can be seen, the old goods shed and goods yard area are visible to the right

West Ryde railway station bus interchange

West Ryde station opened on 17 September 1886 as Ryde, being renamed West Ryde on 8 October 1945. ^[3] Immediately north of the station, a loop that runs to Epping commences. This opened on 24 October 1978. ^[4] On 27 November 1989, a southbound loop from Eastwood opened, this resulted in the existing southbound platform being converted to an island platform. ^{[5] [6] [7]}

The station was upgraded extensively with a new concourse and lifts in 2004. ^[8]

Signalling

West Ryde Signal Box was a timber structure situated on the city end of Platform 3. Until 1937 it controlled a level crossing on Victoria Road. Also situated at West Ryde was a Water Board siding and a connection to the former tram network, which provided for transfer of vehicles between light and heavy rail systems. It was closed in 1982, when control was transferred to Epping signal box. In 2019, control of this section was transferred to the new Rail Operations Centre at Alexandria. ^[9]

There are a number of points and crossovers at West Ryde. The two closest to either end of the platforms are the start and end of the Up/Down Suburban. The suburban tracks are used by intercity Central Coast & Newcastle Line trains to overtake slower suburban Northern line trains making all stops. They are also occasionally used to overtake slow moving freight trains. The two crossovers to the south are emergency crossovers which cannot be controlled by the signal box. There are levers beside these crossovers which can be used to terminate trains or run them 'wrong road' (on the track for the opposite direction) if there is an incident on the line ahead. ^[9]

Lachlan Valley Railway

During the 1980s West Ryde was the site of the Sydney Depot for the Lachlan Valley Railway. The station used to have a small goods yard servicing a freight shed and a siding running up to the West Ryde Pumping station. The Lachlan Valley Railway vacated the site in August 1987. ^[10]

Services

Platforms

Platform	Line	Stopping pattern	Notes
1	T9	8 weekday morning peak and 8 weekday afternoon peak services to Central	[11]
2	T9	Southbound services to Gordon via Strathfield & North Sydney	[11]
3	T9	Northbound services to Hornsby	[11]

Transport links

West Ryde has a bus interchange on the western side of the station, rebuilt in the early 2000s. It is served by the following Busways routes:

Stand A

• 513: to Carlingford ^[12]
• 523: to Parramatta station ^[13]
• 524: to Parramatta station ^[14]

Stand B

• 501: to Railway Square ^[15]

Stand C

Ryedale Road

• 500N Night service to Parramatta station ^[16]
• 500N Night service to Hyde Park, Sydney ^[17]
• 500X Express service to Hyde Park, Sydney, Sydney ^[16]
• 501 to Parramatta station ^[15]

West Ryde station is served by one NightRide route:

• N80: Hornsby station to Town Hall station ^[18]

Trackplan

Trackplan
Legend
Up Down N↑ To Denistone Emergency crossover S↓ To Meadowbank

References

1. "Train Station Monthly Usage". Open Data. Retrieved 26 January 2024.
2. This figure is the number of entries and exits of a year combined averaged to a day.
3. West Ryde Station NSWrail.net
4. Denistone Railway Station Group Office of Environment & Heritage
5. "Northern Line Quadruplication" Railway Digest December 1987 page 389
6. "Eastwood – West Ryde Up Surburban line opens" Railway Digest January 1990 page 9
7. West Ryde – Epping SA Track & Signal
8. "Submission to the Independent Pricing and Regulatory Tribunal of New South Wales - CityRail Fare Review StateRail Authority of NSW" (PDF). www.ipart.nsw.gov.au.
9. DRIVERS ROUTE KNOWLEDGE DIAGRAMS – MAIN NORTH LINE (PDF). Sydney Trains. 2019. p. 10. Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 March 2020. Retrieved 24 November 2019.
10. "And LVR Moves West" Railway Digest September 1987 page 291
11. "T9: Northern line timetable". Transport for NSW.
12. "| transportnsw.info". transportnsw.info. Retrieved 19 April 2024.
13. "| transportnsw.info". transportnsw.info. Retrieved 19 April 2024.
14. "| transportnsw.info". transportnsw.info. Retrieved 19 April 2024.
15. "| transportnsw.info". transportnsw.info. Retrieved 19 April 2024.
16. "| transportnsw.info". transportnsw.info. Retrieved 20 April 2024.
17. "| transportnsw.info". transportnsw.info. Retrieved 20 April 2024.
18. "| transportnsw.info". transportnsw.info. Retrieved 20 April 2024.

External links

• Media related to West Ryde railway station at Wikimedia Commons
• West Ryde station details Transport for New South Wales