Broadmeadow railway station is a heritage-listed railway station and major regional interchange located on the Main Northern line in New South Wales, Australia. The station itself serves the Newcastle suburb of Broadmeadow. The station was first opened on 15 August 1887.
The island platform was accessed by a level crossing at the station's northern end until replaced by an underpass on 2 March 1973 opened by Minister for Transport Milton Morris."20 Years Ago" Railway Digest March 1993 page 114 The station was upgraded to wheelchair accessibility in July 2017.
Following the electrification of the line from Wyong in June 1984, passenger trains including the Brisbane Limited, Gold Coast Motorail, Grafton Express, North Coast Daylight Express, North Coast Overnight Express, Northern Mail and Northern Tablelands Express changed from electric to diesel traction at Broadmeadow.
Platforms and services
Broadmeadow has three platforms, one island platform with two faces and a side platform. It is serviced by Sydney Trains Intercity Central Coast & Newcastle Line services travelling between Sydney Central, Gosford and Newcastle.
It is also serviced by NSW TrainLink Xplorer and XPT long-distance services between Sydney, Armidale, Moree, Casino and Brisbane, as well as daily coach services to and from Taree. These coach services are operated by Busways as routes 150 and 151.
Track layout
Transport links Newcastle Transport operates four bus routes via Broadmeadow station, under contract to Transport for NSW: 21: Broadmeadow to Newcastle East via Merewether 25: Broadmeadow to Charlestown via Kotara 27: Broadmeadow to Wallsend via University of Newcastle 28: Newcastle West to Mount Hutton via Newcastle Interchange
NSW TrainLink operates one coach route via Broadmeadow station: 135: Broadmeadow to Taree (weekdays only)
Busways operates two coach routes via Broadmeadow station, under contract to Transport for NSW: 150: Newcastle Interchange to Taree via Hawks Nest, Forster & Tuncurry 151: Newcastle Interchange to Taree via Forster & Tuncurry
Signal boxes The Australian Rail Track Corporation's Broadmeadow Centralised Traffic Control centre for the northern half of the state including the North Coast line to Brisbane, is located just south of the station, as is Transport Asset Holding Entity's Broadmeadow signal box which controls the Broadmeadow to Eraring section of the Main Northern line.
Yard South of the station lies the extensive Broadmeadow yard. NSW TrainLink have a depot that maintains its Endeavour and Hunter railcar fleets. The former Broadmeadow Locomotive Depot is used to house preserved rolling stock.
References
External links
Broadmeadow station details Transport for New South Wales