Beresfield railway station
Beresfield | |||||||||||||
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Westbound view in August 2006 | |||||||||||||
Location |
Addison Street, Beresfield Australia | ||||||||||||
Coordinates | 32°47′56″S 151°39′28″E / 32.798959°S 151.657905°ECoordinates: 32°47′56″S 151°39′28″E / 32.798959°S 151.657905°E | ||||||||||||
Owned by | RailCorp | ||||||||||||
Operated by | NSW TrainLink | ||||||||||||
Line(s) | Main Northern | ||||||||||||
Distance | 179.81 kilometres from Central | ||||||||||||
Platforms | 2 (1 island) | ||||||||||||
Tracks | 4 | ||||||||||||
Construction | |||||||||||||
Structure type | Ground | ||||||||||||
Disabled access | Yes | ||||||||||||
Other information | |||||||||||||
Website | Transport for NSW | ||||||||||||
History | |||||||||||||
Opened | 31 July 1925 | ||||||||||||
Rebuilt | 2002 | ||||||||||||
Traffic | |||||||||||||
Passengers (2013) | 340 (daily)[1] (Sydney Trains, NSW TrainLink) | ||||||||||||
Rank | 201 | ||||||||||||
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Beresfield railway station is located on the Main Northern line in New South Wales, Australia. It opened on 31 July 1925, serving the western Newcastle suburb of Beresfield.[2]
1997 collision
On 23 October 1997, Beresfield was the site of a major rail accident, when a FreightCorp coal train passed a red signal and collided into the rear of another coal train standing on the same track. Six people were injured including the station master and a commuter who jumped from the platform moments before the collision. The crash resulted in dozens of coal-wagons tumbling over the platform and across the tracks, blocking all four tracks and destroying most of the station.[3][4][5] Three 82 class locomotives were destroyed.[6]
In 2002 Beresfield was fully redeveloped receiving new easy access facilities, station signage and booking office.
Platforms & services
Beresfield has one island platform with two faces. It is serviced by NSW TrainLink Hunter Line services travelling from Newcastle to Maitland, Muswellbrook, Scone, Telarah and Dungog.[7]
Platform | Line | Stopping pattern | Notes |
1 | services to Newcastle | [7] | |
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2 | services to Maitland, Telarah, Dungog, Muswellbrook & Scone | [7] |
References
- ↑ Bureau of Transport Statistics. "Train Statistics 2014" (PDF). Transport NSW. Retrieved 15 July 2018.
- ↑ "Beresfield Station". NSWrail.net.
- ↑ "Rail Safety Investigation Report 1998001 - Coal Train Collision". Australian Transport Safety Bureau, Department of Transport and Regional Services, Government of Australia.
- ↑ "Aviation Crash Team Investigates Beresfield Collision" Railway Digest December 1997 page 7
- ↑ "Beresfield (Newcastle), NSW: Rail Collision". Emergency Management Australia. 13 September 2006. Archived from the original on 15 August 2009.
- ↑ Oberg, Leon (2007). Locomotives of Australia: 1850s – 2007. Rosenberg Publishing. pp. 411, 418. ISBN 1-877058-54-8.
- 1 2 3 "Hunter line timetable". Transport for NSW.
External links
Media related to Beresfield railway station at Wikimedia Commons - Beresfield station details Transport for New South Wales
- Beresfield rail accident gallery