Bathurst railway station, New South Wales

Bathurst railway station is a railway station on the Main Western line in New South Wales. It serves the city of Bathurst.HistoryBathurst station opened on 4 April 1876 when the Great Western Railway was extended from Kelso. It was opened by the Governor of New South Wales, Hercules Robinson. It served as the terminus of the line until extended to Blayney on 1 November 1876.Bathurst was developed into a major railway centre with a locomotive depot established to the north of the station in the 1879 with accommodation for eight locomotives. By 1917, Bathurst depot had a locomotive allocation of 72.As well as working on the Main Western and Blayney-Demondrille lines, it provided bank engines for Tumulla Bank. This started a large railway workers' community and a Rail Institute, which made many jobs available and drew thousands of workers to Bathurst.With dieselisation and reduced maintenance needs, Bathurst depot closed on 23 January 1981 with all work transferred to Lithgow.However Bathurst would remain an important railway centre, with Clyde Engineering, opening a facility in the eastern Bathurst suburb of Kelso in the 1970s. It would build 84 81 class and 15 DL class locomotives in the 1980s as well as overhaul locomotives. It closed in April 2014.