Broadmeadow railway station

Broadmeadow railway station is a major regional interchange located on the Main North Line (also known as the Great Northern Railway), right before the railway interchange that connects the Newcastle Line (towards Newcastle Interchange Railway Station). The station itself, serves the Newcastle suburb of Broadmeadow. NSW TrainLink operates intercity and regional routes through the station (Intercity: Newcastle Central Coast Line) (Regional: North Coast Region NSW, North West Region NSW). The station was first opened on the 15th of August, 1887.

The indicators at Broadmeadow Station

Broadmeadow
Northbound view in May 2007
LocationGraham Road, Broadmeadow
Australia
Coordinates32°55′23″S 151°44′04″E
Owned byRailCorp
Operated byNSW TrainLink
Line(s)Main Northern
Distance162.94 km (101.25 mi) from Central
Platforms3 (1 side, 1 island)
Tracks4
Connections
Construction
Structure typeGround
Disabled accessYes
Other information
Station codeBMD
WebsiteTransport for NSW
History
Opened15 August 1887
ElectrifiedYes
Traffic
Passengers (2013)920 (daily)[1] (Sydney Trains, NSW TrainLink)
Rank161
Services
Preceding station   NSW TrainLink   Following station
towards Central
Central Coast & Newcastle Line
Maitland
towards Grafton, Casino or Brisbane
NSW TrainLink North Coast
Fassifern
towards Sydney
Maitland
towards Moree or Armidale
NSW TrainLink North Western

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.[2] The station was upgraded to wheelchair accessibility in July 2017.[3]

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.

Broadmeadow station has two toilet blocks, one is located on platform one (1) while the other is located on the island - platform two (2) and three (3). A waiting room and a bubbler is present on the stations first platform. The NSW Government endorses the use of the Opal card for NSW trainlink intercity services (towards Newcastle Interchange - Central Railway Station), while for regional trains booking is required. The station is fitted with four (4) indicators in the Grand Concourse.

Platforms & services

Broadmeadow has three platforms. It is serviced by NSW TrainLink Central Coast & Newcastle Line services travelling from Sydney Central to Newcastle.[4]

It is also serviced by NSW TrainLink Xplorer and XPT long-distance services from Sydney to Armidale, Moree, Grafton, Casino and Brisbane,[5][6] as well as daily coach services to Taree.[6] These coach services are operated by Busways as routes 150 [7] and 151.[8]

Platform Line Stopping pattern Notes
1 services to Gosford & Sydney Central [4]
services to Sydney Central[6]
services to Sydney Central[5]
2 services to Newcastle [4]
3 services to Grafton, Casino & Brisbane [6]
services to Armidale/Moree[5]

Track Layout
Track layout
 To Yards and Adamstown
1
2
3
To Woodville Junction and Hamilton

Newcastle Transport operates four routes via Broadmeadow station:

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 RailCorp'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 fleet. The former Broadmeadow Locomotive Depot is used to house preserved rolling stock.

References
  1. Bureau of Transport Statistics. "Train Statistics 2014" (PDF). Transport NSW. Retrieved 13 July 2018.
  2. "20 Years Ago" Railway Digest March 1993 page 114
  3. http://revitalisingnewcastle.nsw.gov.au/what-we-are-doing/broadmeadow-station-upgrade/
  4. "Central Coast & Newcastle line timetable". Transport for NSW.
  5. "North West timetable". NSW Trainlink. 7 September 2019.
  6. "North Coast timetable". NSW Trainlink. 7 September 2019.
  7. "Busways route 150". Transport for NSW.
  8. "Busways route 151". Transport for NSW.
  9. "Newcastle Transport route 21". Transport for NSW.
  10. "Newcastle Transport route 25". Transport for NSW.
  11. "Newcastle Transport route 27". Transport for NSW.
  12. "Newcastle Transport route 28". Transport for NSW.
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