[2][5] With the State Rail Authority replacing the Lithgow to Orange and Mudgee services with road coaches, the station closed in May 1989.

As of August 2023, it was planned that Wallerawang would be a stop on the twice daily Bathurst Bullet service and on the Central West XPT.

[8][9] The complex includes:[3] As of 10 December 2002[update], Wallerawang station and yard group is a major railway junction with excellent examples of buildings from a range of periods, all in good condition and in use.

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

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