Beresfield railway station

Beresfield
Westbound view of the station platforms and footbridge, November 2022
General information
Location	Addison Street, Beresfield Australia
Coordinates	32°47′56″S151°39′28″E / 32.798959°S 151.657905°E / -32.798959; 151.657905
Owned by	Transport Asset Manager of New South Wales
Operated by	Sydney Trains Intercity
Line(s)	Main Northern
Distance	179.81 kilometres (111.73 mi) from Central
Platforms	2 (1 island)
Tracks	4
Construction
Structure type	Ground
Accessible	Yes
Other information
Status	Weekdays: Staffed: 6am–6pm Weekends and public holidays: Unstaffed
Website	Transport for NSW
History
Opened	31 July 1925
Rebuilt	2002
Passengers
2024 [1]	79,027 (year) 216 (daily) [2] (Sydney Trains, NSW TrainLink)
Services
Preceding station Sydney Trains Intercity Following station Thornton towards Dungog or Scone Hunter Line Tarro towards Newcastle Interchange Warabrook towards Newcastle Interchange
Location

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. ^[3]

History

Beresfield railway station opened on 31 July 1925.

Entrance from Addison Street

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 with the rear of another coal train standing on the same track. Six people were injured, including the station master and a passenger 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. ^{[4] [5] [6]} Three 82 class locomotives were destroyed. ^[7]

In 2002, Beresfield was fully redeveloped, receiving new easy-access facilities, station signage and booking office.^{[ citation needed ]}

Platforms and services

Beresfield has one island platform with two faces. It is serviced by Sydney Trains Intercity Hunter Line services travelling from Newcastle to Maitland, Singleton, Muswellbrook, Scone, Telarah and Dungog. ^[8]

Platform	Line	Stopping pattern	Notes
1	HUN	services to Newcastle	[8]
2	HUN	services to Maitland, Telarah, Dungog, Singleton, Muswellbrook & Scone	[8]

References

1. "Train Station Monthly Usage". Open Data. Retrieved 7 July 2025.
2. This figure is the number of entries and exits of a year combined averaged to a day.
3. "Beresfield Station". NSWrail.net.
4. "Rail Safety Investigation Report 1998001 – Coal Train Collision". Australian Transport Safety Bureau, Department of Transport and Regional Services, Government of Australia.
5. "Aviation Crash Team Investigates Beresfield Collision" Railway Digest December 1997 page 7
6. "Beresfield (Newcastle), NSW: Rail Collision". Emergency Management Australia. 13 September 2006. Archived from the original on 15 August 2009.
7. Oberg, Leon (2007). Locomotives of Australia: 1850s – 2007. Rosenberg Publishing. pp. 411, 418. ISBN   978-1-877058-54-7.
8. "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