Rhodes railway station
Rhodes | |||||||||||
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 Northbound view from Walker Street in January 2011 | |||||||||||
| General information | |||||||||||
| Location | Walker Street, Rhodes | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 33°49′50″S 151°05′13″E / 33.830529°S 151.086983°E | ||||||||||
| Owned by | RailCorp | ||||||||||
| Operated by | Sydney Trains | ||||||||||
| Line(s) | Main Northern | ||||||||||
| Distance | 16.58 kilometres from Central | ||||||||||
| Platforms | 3 (1 island, 1 side) | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 3 | ||||||||||
| Connections | Bus | ||||||||||
| Construction | |||||||||||
| Structure type | Ground | ||||||||||
| Accessible | Yes | ||||||||||
| Other information | |||||||||||
| Status | Staffed | ||||||||||
| Station code | RDS | ||||||||||
| Website | Sydney Trains | ||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||
| Opened | 17 September 1886 | ||||||||||
| Electrified | Yes | ||||||||||
| Services | |||||||||||
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Rhodes railway station is located on the Main Northern line, serving the Sydney suburbs of Rhodes and Liberty Grove. It is served by Sydney Trains T1 Northern Line services.
History
Rhodes station opened on 17 September 1886.[1] In March 1892, a second platform was added when the Main Northern line was duplicated. In 1912, an extra line was added to the west of the station, but no platform face was provided until 1928.[2]
Rhodes developed into a predominately industrial area, being the base for railway locomotive manufacturer Tulloch.[3]
To the north of the station, the line crosses the Parramatta River via the John Whitton Bridge. This opened in May 1980 replacing the original iron lattice bridge.[4][5][6]
Beginning in the 1990s with the gated village/suburb of Liberty Grove (the luxury suburb opened in 1998) the area was redeveloped. It now includes residential apartments, commercial offices and the Rhodes Waterside shopping centre. In the 2000s, Rhodes station underwent a major redevelopment.
In June 2015, a southbound loop opened to the south of the station as part of the Northern Sydney Freight Corridor project.[7][8][9]
Platforms & services
| Platform | Line | Stopping pattern | Notes |
| 1 | services to Hornsby via Strathfield, North Sydney & Gordon | [10] | |
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| 2 | services to Epping | [10] | |
| 3 | occasional use only mainly used by passing freight trains |
Transport links
Sydney Buses operate two routes via Rhodes station:
- 458: Ryde to Burwood[11]
- 459: Macquarie University to Strathfield station[11]
References
- ^ Rhodes Station NSWrail.net
- ^ Rhodes Railway Station Building NSW Environment & Heritage
- ^ Tulloch’s Phoenix Iron Works/Rhodes Corporate Park - Rhodes, NSW Past Lives of the Near Future 12 April 2012
- ^ Churchman, Geoffrey (1995). Railway Electrification in Australia & New Zealand. Smithfield: IPL Books. p. 94.
- ^ "Walkway Plan for Meadowbank Bridge": Railway Digest March 1997 page 9
- ^ Meadowbank (Parramatta Bridge) Underpass NSW Environment & Heritage
- ^ ASX Announcement: Macmahon awarded NSW rail underpass contract Macmahon 7 December 2012
- ^ "North Strathfield Rail Underpass Project" Railway Digest April 2013 page 28
- ^ North Strathfield Rail Underpass Transport for NSW
- ^ a b "T9: Northern line timetable". Transport for NSW.
- ^ a b "Transit Systems route 458". Transport for NSW.
External links
Media related to Rhodes railway station at Wikimedia Commons- Rhodes station details Sydney Trains
