Clyde, New South Wales

Clyde is a suburb of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Clyde is located 21 kilometres west of the Sydney central business district in the local government area of the City of Parramatta. Clyde is part of the Greater Western Sydney region.

History

Clyde is named for the River Clyde in Scotland and was thought to be a suitable name because a subdivision of land made in 1878 here was called New Glasgow.
Rosehill Junction was the name of the railway station that opened here in 1882, just west of the bridge over the Duck River. It was a junction for the Western railway line with the Carlingford railway line and Sandown railway line. The Commissioner of Railways Edward Miller Grant Eddy renamed the station Clyde Junction. The station reverted its name to Clyde in 1904.
The Clyde Engineering Co., Ltd. was established in 1898, consolidating the railway industry's importance of Clyde.

Commercial area

Clyde is exclusively an industrial and commercial area, featuring factories, workshops and warehouses. Clyde has no permanent population.

Transport

Clyde railway station used to be a junction for the Western and Leppington & Inner West lines with the Carlingford line, of the Sydney Trains network before the Carlingford line closed in January 2020. Clyde is bisected by Parramatta Road plus the M4 Motorway with a number of traffic lights on Parramatta Road providing easy access to various parts of the suburb.

Population

At the 2021 Australian census, there were nine people living in Clyde.