Adamstown railway station, New South Wales

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Adamstown
Adamstown Railway Station.jpg
North-east bound view from Platform 1,
November 2021
General information
LocationPark 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 NSW TrainLink
Line(s) Main Northern
Distance161.12 km (100.12 mi) from Central
Platforms2 side
Tracks2
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Construction
Structure typeGround
AccessibleYes
Other information
Station code ADT
Website Transport for NSW
History
Opened15 August 1887;136 years ago (1887-08-15)
ElectrifiedYes
Passengers
2023 [1]
  • 57,330 (year)
  • 157 (daily) [2] (Sydney Trains, NSW TrainLink)
Services
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Broadmeadow Central Coast & Newcastle Line Kotara
towards Central
Location
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Adamstown
Location within New South Wales

Adamstown railway station is 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]

Contents

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 10-cars.

Platforms and services

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

PlatformLineStopping patternNotes
1services to Gosford & Sydney Central [7]
2
CCN
services to Newcastle [7]

Track layout

Track layout
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<-- To Belmont Line
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1
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2
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3
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St James Road
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To Broadmeadow

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

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References

  1. "Train Station Monthly Usage". Open Data. Retrieved 26 January 2024.
  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. 1 2 3 "Central Coast & Newcastle line timetable". Transport for NSW.
  8. "Newcastle Transport route 14". Transport for NSW.