[3] In 1938, congestion at Clarendon railway station caused by a RAAF Air Show resulted in extensive improvements.

[3] 1940s plans show proposed additions and alterations to the station in the Inter-war functionalist style and stockyards in the precinct.

Water tanks and coal loading facilities are also shown (no longer extant), and a gate keepers cottage on the Sydney side of the level crossing near East Richmond Railway Station.

[3] At around 10am on Monday 22 January 2018, 8-car Waratah train A42 arriving at Richmond Platform 2 overran the buffers, resulting in at least 16 serious injuries and the 3rd car to be jacked up.

[3] The Platform 1 side has a corrugated iron sheeted ogee verandah roof supported on timber columns with sandstone bases that extends only partway along the building.

The Platform 2 side has a skillion roofed verandah with decorative iron columns and brackets that extend along the entirety of the central section of the building.

The female toilets located on the platform have what appear to be restored early marble and timber station signs hung on the exterior walls.

It is also evident that repointing works carried out with hard cement mortar resulted in some deterioration on brick substrate.

The removal of the associated rail yard components of the site reduces its ability to demonstrate this element of its history.

White aluminium palisade fencing has been erected around the station and pedestrian crossing at the end of the line as a safety barrier.

[3] There are a number of mature trees and plantings on the eastern side of the platform that add to the significant setting of the station.

The station remains as the terminus for the Richmond Branch Line and is significant as a landmark in the historic town and for its continuity of use for over 140 years.

[3] Richmond railway station was listed on the New South Wales State Heritage Register on 2 April 1999 having satisfied the following criteria.

Richmond Station has historical significance as the termination point for the Sydney metropolitan railway system in that direction dating from 1867, with no continuation of train services by other providers.

The station was instrumental in opening up the farming district of Hawkesbury to provide transport for fresh produce to Sydney markets.

Remnant dock platform and shadow siding to the rear are one of the few remaining pieces of evidence of the Kurrajong line that operated between 1926 and 1952.

[3] The place is important in demonstrating aesthetic characteristics and/or a high degree of creative or technical achievement in New South Wales.

It retains most of its original external detailing and provides evidence of the prosperity and growth of Richmond following the arrival of the railway.

[3] The place possesses uncommon, rare or endangered aspects of the cultural or natural history of New South Wales.