Cardiff railway station, New South Wales

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Cardiff
Cardiff railway station.jpg
Northbound view to the island platform, June 2025
General information
LocationMain Road, Cardiff
Australia
Coordinates 32°56′30″S151°39′46″E / 32.94174°S 151.662891°E / -32.94174; 151.662891
Owned by Transport Asset Holding Entity
Operated by NSW TrainLink
Line(s) Main Northern
Distance155.08 km (96.36 mi) from Central
Platforms2 (1 island)
Tracks2
Connections TfNSW B.svg Bus
Construction
Structure typeGround
AccessibleYes
Other information
Status
  • Weekdays:

Staffed: 4am to 8pm

  • Weekends and public holidays:
Staffed: 5am to 8.30pm
Station code CDF
Website Transport for NSW
History
Opened14 March 1889;136 years ago (1889-03-14)
Rebuilt8 June 1902
ElectrifiedYes
Passengers
2024 [1]
  • 467,432 (year)
  • 1,277 (daily) [2] (Sydney Trains, NSW TrainLink)
Services
Preceding station TfNSW T.svg NSW TrainLink Following station
Kotara
towards Newcastle Interchange
Central Coast & Newcastle Line Cockle Creek
towards Central
Broadmeadow
towards Newcastle Interchange
Central Coast & Newcastle Line
Express
 Fassifern
towards Central
Location
Cardiff railway station, New South Wales

Cardiff railway station is located on the Main Northern line in New South Wales, Australia. It serves the western Newcastle suburb of Cardiff, opening on 14 March 1889, relocating to its present site on 8 June 1902. [3]

Contents

Despite being one of the busiest stations in the region, the station long had substandard facilities, in particular, a lack of disabled access. [4] There had been numerous (often contradictory) proposals to either upgrade Cardiff or relocate the station to the abandoned station at nearby Glendale, following community pressure stretching back to the 1990s. [5]

In November 2010, work started on a series of upgrades. [6] These improved the parking and stairs and provided wheelchair access, weather protection, and a lengthened platform capable of accommodating eight carriage trains.

Platforms and services

Cardiff has one island platform with two faces. 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]


Hunter Valley Buses operates five bus routes via Cardiff station, under contract to Transport for NSW:

Newcastle Transport operates three bus routes via Cardiff station, under contract to Transport for NSW:

References

  1. ↑ "Train Station Monthly Usage". Open Data. Retrieved 10 July 2025.
  2. ↑ This figure is the number of entries and exits of a year combined averaged to a day.
  3. ↑ Cardiff Station NSWrail.net
  4. ↑ Cardiff businesses demand railway station upgrade Newcastle Herald 20 May 2009
  5. ↑ 65m for Cardiff rail station upgrade Newcastle Herald 1 May 2010
  6. ↑ Work starts on access upgrade at Cardiff railway station ABC News 15 November 2010
  7. 1 2 3 "Central Coast & Newcastle line timetable". Transport for NSW.
  8. ↑ "Hunter Valley Buses route 259". Transport for NSW.
  9. ↑ "Hunter Valley Buses route 262". Transport for NSW.
  10. ↑ "Hunter Valley Buses route 263". Transport for NSW.
  11. ↑ "Hunter Valley Buses route 264". Transport for NSW.
  12. ↑ "Hunter Valley Buses route 267". Transport for NSW.
  13. ↑ "Newcastle Transport route 13". Transport for NSW.
  14. ↑ "Newcastle Transport route 29". Transport for NSW.
  15. ↑ "Newcastle Transport route 44". Transport for NSW.
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