Ropes Crossing is a suburb of Blacktown, Sydney in the state of New South Wales, Australia.

Ropes Crossing is located 49 kilometres (30 mi) west of the Sydney central business district, in the local government area of the City of Blacktown and is part of the Greater Western Sydney region.

When the line first opened on 1 May 1942, it only ran from St Marys to Dunheved at a distance of 50.350 rail kilometres from Central railway station and on 29 June 1942 the line opened from Dunheved to Ropes Creek at 53.010 rail kilometres from Sydney.

When electrification was extended on the western line in the late 1950s a new station was built and called Cochrane and was located 52.480 rail kilometres from Sydney.

As of 2013[update], the suburb is being developed for housing by Lend Lease[3] with up to 2,200 homes and will contain a regional park in the centre.