Broadmeadow railway station, New South Wales

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Broadmeadow
Newcastle & Central Coast Line
Station code	BMD
Suburb	Broadmeadow
Street(s)	Graham Rd
Distance from Central Station	162.94 km
Altitude (above sea level)	7.3 m
Types of stopping trains	Intercity CountryLink
Number of platforms	3
Number of tracks	4
Platform arrangement	1 Island 1 Side
Type of station	Ground
Ticket barriers	No
Transfers available	Bus Train
Disabled access	Yes
Station facilities	Link

Broadmeadow railway station opened 15 August 1887^[1] and is located in Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia on CityRail's Newcastle & Central Coast Line^[2] (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.

Contents 1 Platforms/Service 2 Transport Links 3 See also 4 Neighbouring stations 5 References

[edit] Platforms/Service

Platform 1:

• Newcastle & Central Coast Line - intercity services to Gosford, Hornsby and Sydney Terminal (via Strathfield).
• 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 & 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).

Trains may be longer than platforms, please travel in the rear 7 carriages.

[edit] Transport Links

Newcastle Buses runs one route which stops at Broadmeadow railway station:

• Route 226 - Between Charlestown and Newcastle station^[3].

[edit] See also

• Broadmeadow railway station, New South Wales is at coordinates 32°55′23″S 151°44′04″E / -32.9230, 151.7343 (Broadmeadow railway station, New South Wales)Coordinates: 32°55′23″S 151°44′04″E / -32.9230, 151.7343 (Broadmeadow railway station, New South Wales)

[edit] Neighbouring stations

Preceding Station (inbound)	Line	Following Station (outbound)
Adamstown	Newcastle & Central Coast Line	Hamilton

Preceding station		CountryLink		Following station
Maitland towards Grafton, Casino or Brisbane	CountryLink North Coast			Fassifern towards Sydney
Maitland towards Moree or Armidale	CountryLink North Western

[edit] References