Rockdale railway station is a heritage-listed suburban railway station located on the South Coast line, serving the Sydney suburb of Rockdale. It is served by Sydney Trains T4 Eastern Suburbs & Illawarra Line services. It was added to the New South Wales State Heritage Register on 2 April 1999.
History
thumb|Northbound view with Platform 1 in foreground
thumb|Railway Street entrance
thumb|Geeves Ave entrance
Rockdale station opened on 15 October 1884 on the same date as the South Coast line from Redfern to Hurstville with two side platforms. At the opening of Rockdale Railway Station, a goods shed and siding was provided on the eastern side.
During the 1920s a siding for the State Meat Depot was added to Rockdale Railway Station, as was the Municipal Council's siding in 1923. In 1928 a siding was added for the small companies of Carroll Lynn and finally the Warne Family Company.
In February 2003 alterations to the station to install lifts, new access stairs and additional platform and stair canopies, and canopies to the overhead footbridge and station entrance areas were complete.
The 1925 power signal box and dead-end sidings and remains of structures relating to goods sidings and tram rolling stock, are no longer extant. Peak platform
|p3linename = T4
|p3stop = services to Hurstville, Cronulla & Waterfall
|p3notes =
- 422: to Railway Square
- 473: to Campsie
- 476: to Dolls Point (Loop Service)
- 477: to Westfield Miranda via Sans Souci
- 478: to Westfield Miranda via Monterey
- 479: Rockdale Plaza to Brighton
- 492: to Drummoyne
- 493: to HomeCo. Roselands
U-Go Mobility operates two bus routes via Rockdale station:
- 452: to Beverly Hills station via Bexley & Hurstville
- 453: to Percival Street, Bexley
Rockdale station is served by three NightRide routes:
- N10: Sutherland station to Town Hall station
- N11: Cronulla station to Town Hall station
- N20: Riverwood station to Town Hall station
Trackplan
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Description
The heritage-listed station precinct includes the Platform 1 building (1925), the Platform 2/3 building (1908), the Platform 4/5 building (1884), the overhead booking office (1922), the footbridge (1920), the platforms and the Signal Box (1923).