Bathurst railway station, New South Wales

Bathurst
Station front in April 2006
Location	Keppel Street, Bathurst
Coordinates	33°25′32″S 149°35′00″E / 33.425563°S 149.583353°E / -33.425563; 149.583353
Owned by	RailCorp
Operated by	NSW TrainLink
Line(s)	Main Western
Distance	239.90 kilometres from Central
Platforms	2 side (1 disused)
Tracks	2
Connections	Bus, coach
Construction
Structure type	Ground
Disabled access	Yes
Other information
Station code	BHS
Website	Sydney Trains
History
Opened	4 April 1876
Services
Preceding station   NSW Main lines   Following station Perthville towards Bourke Main Western Line Kelso towards Sydney Preceding station   NSW TrainLink   Following station Terminus Blue Mountains Line Lithgow towards Central Blayney towards Dubbo NSW TrainLink Western Dubbo XPT Tarana towards Sydney NSW TrainLink Western Broken Hill Outback Xplorer Lithgow towards Sydney Preceding station   Great Southern Railway   Following station Orange towards East Perth Indian Pacific Lithgow towards Sydney

Bathurst railway station is a railway station on the Main Western line in New South Wales. It serves the city of Bathurst.

Bathurst station opened on 4 April 1876 when the Great Western Railway (now the Main Western line) 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.

The station has two side platforms but only the northern side platform is in operation.