Adamstown railway station, New South Wales

Adamstown
North-east bound view from Platform 1, November 2021
General information
Location	Park Avenue, Adamstown Australia
Coordinates	32°56′02″S151°43′12″E / 32.933776°S 151.720043°E / -32.933776; 151.720043
Owned by	Transport Asset Holding Entity
Operated by	Sydney Trains
Line(s)	Main Northern
Distance	161.12 km (100.12 mi) from Central
Platforms	2 (2 side)
Tracks	2
Connections	Bus
Construction
Structure type	Ground
Accessible	Yes
Other information
Station code	ADT
Website	Transport for NSW
History
Opened	15 August 1887;137 years ago (1887-08-15)
Electrified	Yes
Passengers
2024 [1]	56452 (year) 154 (daily) [2] (Sydney Trains, NSW TrainLink)
Services
Preceding station NSW TrainLink Following station Broadmeadow towards Newcastle Interchange Central Coast & Newcastle Line Kotara towards Central
Location Adamstown Location within New South Wales

Adamstown railway station is a heritage-listed railway station located on the Main Northern line in New South Wales, Australia. It serves the southern Newcastle suburb of Adamstown, and was opened on 15 August 1887. ^[3]

As part of the electrification of the line in the early 1980s, new station buildings were built, the western relief line and Platform 3 removed, and the 1939 built signal box on Platform 1 that used to control movements to the Belmont line decommissioned on 4 December 1983. ^{[4] [5]} Until December 1991, the Belmont line diverged to the south-east of the station.

The station was upgraded with new lifts and footbridge with work completed by late 2017. ^[6]

In 2019, Platform 1 was extended to accommodate ten cars.

Platforms and services

Adamstown has two platforms plus a third disused. It is serviced by Sydney Trains' intercity Central Coast & Newcastle Line services travelling from Sydney Central to Newcastle. ^[7]

Platform	Line	Stopping pattern	Notes
1	CCN	services to Gosford & Sydney Central	[7]
2	CCN	services to Newcastle	[7]

Track layout

v t e Track layout
Legend
To Kotara <-- To Belmont Line 1 2 3 St James Road To Broadmeadow

Transport links

Newcastle Transport operates one bus route via Adamstown station, under contract to Transport for NSW:

• 14: Newcastle to Swansea Heads via Kotara, Charlestown and Belmont ^[8]

References

1. "Train Station Monthly Usage". Open Data. Retrieved 8 July 2025.
2. This figure is the number of entries and exits of a year combined averaged to a day.
3. Adamstown Station NSWrail.net
4. Adamstown Railway Station Group NSW Environment & Heritage
5. "Signalling & Safeworking" Railway Digest June 1984 page 197
6. "Adamstown Station|New lifts and footbridge" (PDF). transport.nsw.gov.au. 2017. Retrieved 23 December 2019.
7. "Central Coast & Newcastle line timetable". Transport for NSW.
8. "Newcastle Transport route 14". Transport for NSW.

External links

• Media related to Adamstown railway station, New South Wales at Wikimedia Commons
• Adamstown station details Transport for New South Wales