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Landsat 7 false-color image of the Sydney area and surrounding suburbs. The image demonstrates how the built-up areas (pink) have been constrained by the Royal National Park to the south, the Ku-ring-gai Chase National Park to the north, and the Blue Mountains National Park to the west (a boundary that generally follows a geological feature called the Lapstone Monocline, dividing the Blue ...
West Ryde pumping station, Victoria Road (1890) Pumping station manager's home, Victoria Road West Ryde is a suburb of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia.West Ryde is located 16 kilometres north-west of the Sydney central business district, in the local government area of the City of Ryde and is part of the Northern Sydney region.
The Northern Line offer frequent train services to Rhodes Station which is a short walk from the centre.. Rhodes Waterside has bus connections to Inner West, Northern Sydney and Greater Western Sydney, as well as local surrounding suburbs.
The Metro North West & Bankstown Line offers frequent services to North Ryde station which is a short walk from the centre with trains running from Tallawong to Chatswood. Lachlan's Square Village has Busways operated bus connections to the Sydney CBD , North Shore , Northern Sydney and Greater Western Sydney , as well as local surrounding suburbs.
The Ryde to Rhodes punt operated between 1898 and 1935. Passengers included employees of the State Timber yards at Rhodes and cattle. The punt was unreliable; "the cable continually gave way and cargoes of cattle went sailing downstream". Ryde Council investigated potential sites for the Ryde Baths in 1877 and the desirability of having public ...
In 1968, Grace Bros purchased 16 acres of land in North Ryde with plans to build a $12 million shopping centre. Rival department store David Jones had shown interest in the area and developed plans with Hooker Investment Corporation to build their own shopping centre known as Garden City on Epping Road, Macquarie Park on what was industrial land.
The Ryde Bridge links Rhodes to Ryde, across the Parramatta River. Rhodes is on a major north–south road system through the suburbs of Sydney, the A3. It is close to two main east–west links, Victoria Road to the north and the M4 Western Motorway/Parramatta Road/City West Link to the south.
There are five bus routes operated by Busways' Ryde Bus Depot that service the area: 500N Overnight Parramatta station – Hyde Park [17] 501 Parramatta station – Railway Square [18] 523 Parramatta station – West Ryde station [19] 524 Parramatta station – West Ryde [20] 525 Parramatta station – Strathfield station [21]