West Ryde railway station

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

West Ryde
Southbound view from Platform 3 in January 2006
LocationWest Parade, West Ryde
Coordinates33°48′26″S 151°05′25″E
Owned byTransport Asset Holding Entity
Operated bySydney Trains
Line(s)Main Northern
Distance19.20 kilometres from Central
Platforms3 (1 island, 1 side)
Tracks3
ConnectionsBus
Construction
Structure typeGround
Disabled accessYes
Other information
StatusStaffed
Station codeWSR
WebsiteTransport for NSW
History
Opened17 September 1886
ElectrifiedYes
Passengers
20134,190 (daily)[1] (Sydney Trains, NSW TrainLink)
Rank57
Services
Preceding station Sydney Trains Following station
Denistone
toward Hornsby
 Northern Line Meadowbank
toward Gordon via Central

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.[2] Immediately north of the station, a loop that runs to Epping commences. This opened on 24 October 1978.[3] On 27 November 1989, a southbound loop from Eastwood opened, this resulted in the existing southbound platform being converted to an island platform.[4][5][6]

Platforms and services
Platform Line Stopping pattern Notes
1 Southbound services to Gordon via Strathfield & North Sydney [7]
2 Southbound services to Gordon via Strathfield & North Sydney [7]
3 Northbound services to Hornsby [7]

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.[8]

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

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.[8]

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

Stand A
Stand B
Stand C
Ryedale Road

West Ryde station is served by one NightRide route:

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.[17]

References
  1. Bureau of Transport Statistics. "Train Statistics 2014" (PDF). Transport NSW. Retrieved 12 July 2018.
  2. West Ryde Station NSWrail.net
  3. Denistone Railway Station Group NSW Environment & Heritage
  4. "Northern Line Quadruplication" Railway Digest December 1987 page 389
  5. "Eastwood - West Ryde Up Surburban line opens" Railway Digest January 1990 page 9
  6. West Ryde - Epping SA Track & Signal
  7. "T9: Northern line timetable". Transport for NSW.
  8. DRIVERS ROUTE KNOWLEDGE DIAGRAMS - MAIN NORTH LINE (PDF). Sydney Trains. 2019. p. 10.
  9. "State Transit route 513". Transport for NSW.
  10. "State Transit route 523". Transport for NSW.
  11. "State Transit route 524". Transport for NSW.
  12. "State Transit route 501". Transport for NSW.
  13. "State Transit route 543". Transport for NSW.
  14. "Transit Systems route 500N". Transport for NSW.
  15. "Transit Systems route 500X". Transport for NSW.
  16. "N80 Nightride". Transport for NSW.
  17. "And LVR Moves West" Railway Digest September 1987 page 291
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