Broadmeadow railway station, New South Wales

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Broadmeadow railway station opened 15 August 1887cite book
others=Public Transport Commission of New South Wales. Administrative Branch (Archives Section)
title=Station Names. Date of opening, closing and/or change of name
origyear=1965
origmonth=May
edition=3rd
year=1979
month=February
pages=15] and is located in Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia on CityRail's Newcastle & Central Coast Line [CityRail [http://www.cityrail.info/facilities/facilities.jsp?n=41&giveOutput=true&facility=|Station Facilities] ] (technically the Main North Line). The station has three platforms. The station is served by intercity trains to Sydney, local trains to Morisset and CountryLink trains to the North Coast or Main North Lines.

The Australian Rail Track Corporation's Broadmeadow Centralised Traffic Control centre for the northern half of the state (including the standard gauge line to Acacia Ridge near Brisbane, Queensland) is located just south of the station, with a road overpass in between the two.

Platforms/Service

Platform 1:
*Newcastle and Central Coast line colour>Newcastle & Central Coast Line - intercity services to Gosford, Hornsby and Sydney Terminal (via Strathfield).
*Newcastle and Central Coast line colour>Newcastle & Central Coast Line - local services to Morisset.

* Countrylink North Coast - country services to Sydney (3 per day).
* Countrylink North Western - country services to Sydney (1 per day).

Platform 2:
*Newcastle and Central Coast line colour>Newcastle & Central Coast Line - intercity and local services to Newcastle.

Platform 3:
* CountryLink North Coast - country services to Brisbane (1 per day) Casino (1 per day), and Grafton (1 per day).
* CountryLink North Western - country services to Armidale and Moree via Werris Creek (1 per day).

Transport Links

Newcastle Buses runs one route which stops at Broadmeadow railway station:
*Route 226 - Between Charlestown and Newcastle station [Newcastle Bus and Ferries, [http://www.newcastlebuses.info/commonpdfs/newcastlebuses/map/newcastle_region_map.pdf|Bus Route Map] ] .

ee also

Neighbouring stations

References