Work ramps up to return rail service to Wallerawang

The NSW Government is moving ahead with plans to restore regional rail services to the town of Wallerawang for the first time in 35 years. 

Thanks to a $7 million investment from the government, early work to allow passenger trains to stop at Wallerawang Railway Station will begin next week.

The geotechnical preparations next week will pave the way in coming weeks for early enabling works to improve the station’s amenity.  

A contract has been awarded for these early enabling works which will involve building assessments and improvements to adjacent buildings including painting, cleaning and refurbishment of existing signage.

Then, in coming months, the community will be updated on the final stage which will be minor infrastructure construction works to bring the station up to the standard required to allow trains to stop there.   

The Wallerawang station, between Lithgow and Bathurst, was closed in 1989 and is currently inaccessible to the public.   

Once all the necessary work has been completed, passengers will be once again able to catch services to and from Wallerawang, which will operate similarly to Millthorpe, Stuart Town and Tarana stations which operate as unattended stations.  

Details of the train services that will stop at Wallerawang and the associated timetables will be confirmed closer to the station’s re-opening date which is scheduled around the end of 2026.   

Read the full media release here (PDF, 175.01 KB).