[3] The route of the railway line between Blacktown and Richmond was surveyed in 1862, with construction commencing late in that year.

A c.1880s picture from the cover of Grantham Estate Purchasers' Companion and Guide, Boyd & King, Mitchell Library shows the Riverstone railway layout.

Railway stations were once an important and central component of town life and memorials therefore had a high level of visibility.

Additionally, many railway men and women volunteered for service in World Wars I and II and their names would appear on the memorials.

[3] On 22 May 1975, Riverstone station became the terminus of the electrified line, with passengers changing to CPH and later 600/700 class railcars for the remainder of the journey to Richmond.

Riverstone has been served by services operating from Sydney CBD/North Shore, branching off the Western Line at Blacktown.

[3] Internally, the building has been refurbished except for elements such as timber joinery for doors and windows, wall vents and the enclosed fireplace.

It is a fibro-sheet and weatherboard signal box with corrugated metal gabled roof and concrete base.

Further west again is an open passenger shelter with butterfly style corrugated metal awning supported on steel columns and beams.

The building fronts Garfield Road West and features metal standard railway fencing on this boundary.

The building was simple corrugated iron clad with windows in small Victorian pattern panes.

The barge boards were shaped and the eaves construction was elaborate for the use as goods shed indicating an early non-standard building.

This was an excellent example of an early gangers hut located with a group of buildings, clad in corrugated iron.

[3] The station retains a Seth Thomas Clock,[18] which was in the process of being repaired and restored at the time of inspection in January 2009.

The residence suffers significantly from rising damp possibly due to painting of external walls.

[3] Riverstone Station is significant as part of the original construction phase of the Richmond line in the 1860s that provided access to the settlements on the Hawkesbury River and the markets of Sydney.

The station probably influenced the establishment of the meatworks at Riverstone by Benjamin Richards in 1878 and it retains the complex of structures associated with the major upgrading works of the Richmond branch line that commenced during the 1880s by the Engineer-in-Chief, John Whitton.

The building is centrally located in the town of Riverstone, however, its landmark qualities have been significantly reduced by the later additions and modifications.

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

[3] The place is important in demonstrating the course, or pattern, of cultural or natural history in New South Wales.

Riverstone Station is historically significant as physical evidence of the original construction phase of the Richmond line in the 1860s that provided access to the settlements on the Hawkesbury River and the markets of Sydney.

The station retains the complex of 1880s structures associated with the major upgrading works of the Richmond branch line by the Engineer-in-Chief, John Whitton.

[3] The construction of the Station Master's residence (as part of a general upgrade) in the 1880s demonstrates the importance of the Riverstone goods and freight traffic to the New South Wales Government Railways.

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

The 1880s to 1940s upgrades of the station complex are good representative examples of railway civil engineering practice for their respective periods.

However, later fibro and timber lean-to additions as well as removal of almost all internal finishes and decorative elements has reduced significantly its aesthetic and architectural quality.

[3] The place has potential to yield information that will contribute to an understanding of the cultural or natural history of New South Wales.

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

[3] The place is important in demonstrating the principal characteristics of a class of cultural or natural places/environments in New South Wales.

[3] This Wikipedia article was originally based on Riverstone Railway Station Group and Residence, entry number 01237 in the New South Wales State Heritage Register published by the State of New South Wales (Department of Planning and Environment) 2018 under CC-BY 4.0 licence, accessed on 2 June 2018.