Adamstown railway station, New South Wales

Adamstown
North-east bound view from Platform 1,
November 2021
General information
LocationPark Avenue, Adamstown
Australia
Coordinates32°56′02″S 151°43′12″E / 32.933776°S 151.720043°E / -32.933776; 151.720043
Owned byTransport Asset Holding Entity
Operated byNSW TrainLink
Line(s)Main Northern
Distance161.12 km (100.12 mi) from Central
Platforms2 side
Tracks2
Connections
Construction
Structure typeGround
AccessibleYes
Other information
Station codeADT
WebsiteTransport for NSW
History
Opened15 August 1887; 137 years ago (1887-08-15)
ElectrifiedYes
Passengers
2023[2]
  • 57,330 (year)
  • 157 (daily)[1] (Sydney Trains, NSW TrainLink)
Services
Preceding station NSW TrainLink Following station
Broadmeadow Central Coast & Newcastle Line Kotara
towards Central
Location
Adamstown is located in New South Wales
Adamstown
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 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]

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

Track layout

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

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

References

  1. ^ This figure is the number of entries and exits of a year combined averaged to a day.
  2. ^ "Train Station Monthly Usage". Open Data. Retrieved 26 January 2024.
  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. ^ a b c "Central Coast & Newcastle line timetable". Transport for NSW.
  8. ^ "Newcastle Transport route 14". Transport for NSW.