Broadmeadow railway station

Not to be confused with Broadmeadows railway station, Melbourne or Broadmeadows railway station, Adelaide.

Broadmeadow railway station is a heritage-listed railway station and major regional interchange located on the Main Northern line in New South Wales, Australia. The station itself serves the Newcastle suburb of Broadmeadow. The station was first opened on 15 August 1887.

Broadmeadow
Northbound view of platforms, June 2025
General information
Location	Graham Road, Broadmeadow Australia
Coordinates	32°55′23″S 151°44′04″E
Owned by	Transport Asset Manager of New South Wales
Operated by	NSW TrainLink
Line(s)	Main Northern
Distance	162.94 km (101.25 mi) from Central
Platforms	3 (1 side, 1 island)
Tracks	4
Connections	Bus Coach
Construction
Structure type	Ground
Accessible	Yes
Other information
Status	Staffed
Station code	BMD
Website	Transport for NSW
History
Opened	15 August 1887; 138 years ago (1887-08-15)
Electrified	Yes
Passengers
2024[1]	463,666 (year) 1,267 (daily)[2] (Sydney Trains, NSW TrainLink)
Services Preceding station NSW TrainLink Following station Hamilton towards Newcastle Interchange Central Coast & Newcastle Line Adamstown towards Central Central Coast & Newcastle Line Express Cardiff towards Central Maitland towards Grafton, Casino or Brisbane NSW TrainLink North Coast Line Fassifern towards Sydney Maitland towards Moree or Armidale NSW TrainLink North Western Line
Location

The island platform was accessed by a level crossing at the station's northern end until replaced by an underpass on 2 March 1973 opened by Minister for Transport Milton Morris.^[3] The station was upgraded to wheelchair accessibility in July 2017.^[4]

Following the electrification of the line from Wyong in June 1984, passenger trains including the Brisbane Limited, Gold Coast Motorail, Grafton Express, North Coast Daylight Express, North Coast Overnight Express, Northern Mail and Northern Tablelands Express changed from electric to diesel traction at Broadmeadow.

Platforms and services

Broadmeadow has three platforms. It is serviced by NSW TrainLink Central Coast & Newcastle Line services travelling from Sydney Central to Newcastle.^[5]

It is also serviced by NSW TrainLink Xplorer and XPT long-distance services from Sydney to Armidale, Moree, Casino and Brisbane,^[6][7] as well as daily coach services to Taree.^[7] These coach services are operated by Busways as routes 150 and 151.^[8][9]

Platform	Line	Stopping pattern	Notes
1	CCN	services to Gosford & Sydney Central	[5]
	North Coast Region	services to Sydney Central	[7]
	North Western Region	services to Sydney Central	[6]
2	CCN	services to Newcastle	[5]
	North Coast Region	services to Casino & Brisbane	[7]
	North Western Region	services to Armidale/Moree	[6]
3	The Great Southern	services to Acacia Ridge or Adelaide Parklands Terminal

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  Southbound view on Platform 1
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  Northbound view on Platform 1
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  Concourse
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  Entrance on Bound Road

Track layout

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Legend
To Yards and Adamstown 1 2 3 To Woodville Junction and Hamilton

Transport links

Newcastle Transport operates four bus routes via Broadmeadow station, under contract to Transport for NSW:

• 21: Broadmeadow to Newcastle East via Merewether^[10]
• 25: Broadmeadow to Charlestown via Kotara^[11]
• 27: Broadmeadow to Wallsend via University of Newcastle^[12]
• 28: Newcastle West to Mount Hutton via Newcastle Interchange & Broadmeadow^[13]

NSW TrainLink operates one coach route via Broadmeadow station:

• 135: Broadmeadow to Taree (weekdays only)^[14]

Busways operates two coach routes via Broadmeadow station, under contract to Transport for NSW:

• 150: Newcastle Interchange to Taree via Hawks Nest, Forster & Tuncurry^[15]
• 151: Newcastle Interchange to Taree via Forster & Tuncurry^[16]

Signal boxes

The Australian Rail Track Corporation's Broadmeadow Centralised Traffic Control centre for the northern half of the state including the North Coast line to Brisbane, is located just south of the station, as is Transport Asset Holding Entity's Broadmeadow signal box which controls the Broadmeadow to Eraring section of the Main Northern line.

Yard

South of the station lies the extensive Broadmeadow yard. NSW TrainLink have a depot that maintains its Endeavour and Hunter railcar fleets. The former Broadmeadow Locomotive Depot is used to house preserved rolling stock.