Beresfield railway station explained

Beresfield
Style:NSW TrainLink
Address:Addison Street, Beresfield
Country:Australia
Coordinates:-32.799°N 151.6579°W
Distance:179.81 kilometres from Central
Line:Main Northern
Structure:Ground
Platform:2 (1 island)
Tracks:4
Opened:31 July 1925
Rebuilt:2002
Accessible:Yes
Status:
  • Weekdays:

Staffed: 6am-6pm

  • Weekends and public holidays:

Unstaffed

Owned:Transport Asset Holding Entity
Operator:NSW TrainLink
Passengers:
  • 77,640 (year)
  • 213 (daily)[1]
Pass Year:2023[2]
Pass System:Sydney Trains, NSW TrainLink
Web:Transport for NSW

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.

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] Three 82 class locomotives were destroyed.[6]

In 2002, Beresfield was fully redeveloped, receiving new easy-access facilities, station signage and booking office.

Platforms and services

Beresfield has one island platform with two faces. It is serviced by NSW TrainLink Hunter Line services travelling from Newcastle to Maitland, Singleton, Muswellbrook, Scone, Telarah and Dungog.

External links

Notes and References

  1. This figure is the number of entries and exits of a year combined averaged to a day.
  2. Web site: Train Station Monthly Usage . Open Data . 26 January 2024.
  3. Web site: Beresfield Station. NSWrail.net.
  4. "Aviation Crash Team Investigates Beresfield Collision" Railway Digest December 1997 page 7
  5. Web site: Beresfield (Newcastle), NSW: Rail Collision. https://web.archive.org/web/20090815120517/http://www.ema.gov.au/ema/emadisasters.nsf/54273a46a9c753b3ca256d0900180220/f89905ed418cb58eca256d3300057e20?OpenDocument. Emergency Management Australia. 13 September 2006. 15 August 2009.
  6. Book: Oberg, Leon. Locomotives of Australia: 1850s – 2007. 411, 418. Rosenberg Publishing. 2007. 978-1-877058-54-7.