Yallamundi light rail station
Yallamundi | |||||||||||||
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 View of a station sign on the platform, December 2024 | |||||||||||||
| General information | |||||||||||||
| Location | Brodie Street, Rydalmere Sydney, New South Wales Australia | ||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 33°48′37″S 151°01′45″E / 33.81013889°S 151.0291889°E | ||||||||||||
| Owned by | Transport Asset Holding Entity | ||||||||||||
| Operated by | Transdev Australasia | ||||||||||||
| Line(s) | Parramatta Light Rail | ||||||||||||
| Distance | 24.01 kilometres (14.92 mi) from Central | ||||||||||||
| Platforms | 2 (2 side) | ||||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||||
| Construction | |||||||||||||
| Structure type | Ground | ||||||||||||
| Accessible | Yes | ||||||||||||
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| Status | Unstaffed | ||||||||||||
| Website | Yallamundi Light Rail | ||||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||||
| Opened | 20 April 1896 (as train) 20 December 2024 (as light rail) | ||||||||||||
| Closed | 5 January 2020 (as train) | ||||||||||||
| Rebuilt | 28 June 1993 2020–2024 | ||||||||||||
| Electrified | Yes | ||||||||||||
| Previous names | Victoria Road (1896–1901) Rydalmere (1901–2022) | ||||||||||||
| Passengers | |||||||||||||
| 2013 | 150 (daily)[1] (Sydney Trains, NSW TrainLink) | ||||||||||||
| Rank | 236 | ||||||||||||
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Yallamundi light rail station is a light rail station and former suburban railway station located on the Parramatta Light Rail, serving the Sydney suburb of Rydalmere. It is served by Sydney Light Rail L4 Westmead & Carlingford line services.
Before closure and conversion to light rail, the original station was located on the Carlingford line, and was served by Sydney Trains T6 Carlingford line services.
History
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Rydalmere railway station
[edit]The original station opened on 20 April 1896 as Victoria Road. It was renamed Rydalmere on 1 August 1901.[2] The station was originally located on the western side of the line. It was replaced by a new station on the eastern side over the former goods siding on 28 June 1993.[3]
Conversion to light rail
[edit]The station along with the rest of the Carlingford railway line closed on 5 January 2020, due to the conversion of the Camellia to Carlingford section of the Carlingford line to light rail as part of the Parramatta Light Rail project. [4] The station and surrounding land were fully demolished in April 2020 .[5][6]
Initial plans for the proposed light rail station retained the name Rydalmere. However, following extensive community consultation the new station was renamed Yallamundi in June 2022, a Darug word reflecting "storytelling" and connecting to the nearby Western Sydney University (Parramatta South) Campus. [7][8] The light rail station opened on 20 December 2024 as part of Stage 1 of the Parramatta Light Rail.
Services
[edit]Platforms
[edit]The station is served by light rail as follows:
| Line | Stopping pattern | Notes |
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| services to Westmead & Carlingford | [9] |
At the time the station closed to suburban services, it was served as follows:
| Platform | Line | Stopping pattern | Notes |
| 1 | services to Carlingford services to Clyde |
[10] |
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Transport links
[edit]Yallamundi station is not served by any transport links.
However, before conversion State Transit operated six bus routes via Rydalmere station:
- 500X: Hyde Park via to Parramatta station[11]
- 521: Eastwood to Parramatta station[12]
- 523: West Ryde station to Parramatta station[13]
- 524: West Ryde station to Parramatta station via Melrose Park[14]
- 525: Westfield Burwood to Parramatta station[15]
Rydalmere station was served by one NightRide route:
References
[edit]- ^ Bureau of Transport Statistics. "Train Statistics 2014" (PDF). Transport NSW. Retrieved 15 July 2018.
- ^ Rydalmere Station NSWrail.net
- ^ "Infrastructure" Railway Digest September 1993 page 395
- ^ Wood, Brenden (14 April 2020). "Sydney's newest ghost train platforms". Medium. Retrieved 20 May 2020.
- ^ T6 Carlingford Line closure for Parramatta Light Rail –Temporary Transport Plan Archived 10 October 2019 at the Wayback Machine Transport for NSW
- ^ "Parramatta Light Rail – How the preferred network was chosen". Transport for NSW. Archived from the original on 10 December 2015. Retrieved 8 December 2015.
- ^ "Have your say on the names of the Parramatta Light Rail stops". The Pulse. 11 December 2020. Retrieved 7 February 2025.
- ^ "New stop names confirmed for Parramatta Light Rail Stage 1". Transport for NSW. 2 June 2022. Retrieved 7 February 2025.
- ^ "Westmead & Carlingford Line". Transport for NSW. Retrieved 28 December 2024.
- ^ "T6: Carlingford line timetable". Transport for NSW.
- ^ "Busways route 520". Transport for NSW.
- ^ "Busways route 521". Transport for NSW.
- ^ "Busways route 523". Transport for NSW.
- ^ "Busways route 524". Transport for NSW.
- ^ "Busways route 525". Transport for NSW.
- ^ "N61 Nightride". Transport for NSW.
External links
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Media related to Rydalmere railway station at Wikimedia Commons- Rydalmere station details Transport for NSW
