Waratah railway station

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Waratah Railway Station
Westbound view from Platform 1, November 2022
General information
Location	Station Street, Waratah Australia
Coordinates	32°54′09″S151°43′53″E / 32.902578°S 151.731523°E / -32.902578; 151.731523
Owned by	Transport Asset Manager of New South Wales
Operated by	NSW TrainLink
Line	Main Northern
Distance	165.96 kilometres (103.12 mi) from Central
Platforms	2 side
Tracks	4
Connections	Bus
Construction
Structure type	Ground
Accessible	Yes
Other information
Status	Weekdays: Staffed: 6am–2pm Weekends and public holidays: Unstaffed
Station code	WTH
Website	Transport for NSW
History
Opened	9 March 1858;167 years ago (1858-03-09)
Passengers
2024 [1]	93,870 (year) 256 (daily) [2] (Sydney Trains, NSW TrainLink)
Services
Preceding station Intercity Trains Following station Warabrook towards Dungog or Scone Hunter Line Hamilton towards Newcastle Interchange
Location

Waratah Railway Station is a train station in Waratah, New South Wales, Australia and is located on the Main Northern railway line. It serves as the station for both Waratah and neighbouring suburb Mayfield. Waratah Railway Station is currently in use and has services to Newcastle Interchange, Hamilton, Maitland among others.

History

Waratah Railway Station opened 9 March 1858 ^{[3] [4]} , and since then has seen four different station buildings with the newest one being built in 1986. The original line was duplicated in 1864 and coal roads were constructed in 1914. It is suggested by early documents that Waratah was initially intended to be the transport to Sydney, New South Wales - the line was referred to as 'Homebush to Waratah Railway' ^[5] .

The station c.1910

Platforms and services

Waratah has two side platforms. It is serviced by NSW TrainLink Hunter Line services travelling from Newcastle to Maitland, Singleton, Muswellbrook, Scone, Telarah and Dungog. ^[6] Waratah Station has a bridge accessed via stairs or lift which connects Waratah to Mayfield. It has a bathroom. It uses the Opal Card system. There is a vending machine.

Transport links

Newcastle Transport operates one bus route via Waratah station, under contract to Transport for NSW - the 24: Wallsend to Marketown via Jesmond, University of Newcastle, Waratah, Carrington & Newcastle Interchange ^[7] . Nearby stops have routes for the 12 and 27 services.

Localities

Waratah Railway Station typically has no workers or security on site. There have been many instances of crime at the station. Drug users often linger at the station making it not suitable for children at times.

Platform	Line	Stopping pattern	Notes
1	HUN	services to Newcastle	[6]
2	HUN	services to Maitland, Telarah, Dungog, Singleton, Muswellbrook & Scone	[6]

• 
  Looking east from the footbridge
• 
  Entrance on Platt Street
• 
  Platform 2

Green man tapping on

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. Waratah Station NSWrail.net
4. Station Names. Date of opening, closing and/or change of name. Public Transport Commission of New South Wales Administrative Branch (Archives Section) (3rd ed.). February 1979 [1965]. p. 34.
5. https://arhsnsw.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/1107.pdf ^{[ bare URL PDF ]}
6. "Hunter line timetable". Transport for NSW.
7. "Newcastle Transport route 24". Transport for NSW.

External links

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