Beresfield railway station

Beresfield railway station
Details
Station Code	BLD
TfNSW Stop Number	232230
Suburb	Beresfield
Number of Platforms	2
Platform Config.	1 island
Services
Lines served

Thornton Beresfield Tarro

Beresfield railway station is a station located on the Main North line. The station consists of 2 platforms in a single island formation. It serves the suburb of Beresfield.

History

Beresfield station opened on 21 July 1925. [1]

Crash and Redevelopment

On 23 October 1997, Beresfield station was severely damaged when a coal train passed through a red signal and struck the rear of another coal train near the station. As a result, dozens of coal wagons fell onto the station. By 2002, the station was redeveloped and received new easy access facilities.

Aerial view of the crash

Locomotives that were destroyed in the crash

Platforms and Services

The station is served by Hunter Line services, at a frequency of 2 per hour in each direction on weekdays and 1 per hour on weekends. The platform is 124m long (enough for almost 5 cars).

Platform	Line	Stopping Pattern	Notes
		Services to Newcastle Interchange
		Services to Maitland, Telarah, Dungog, Muswellbrook and Scone,Singleton

Map

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Hunter Line

Newcastle Interchange to Maitland Terminus ← Newcastle Interchange, Hamilton, Waratah, Warabrook, Sandgate, Hexham, Tarro, Beresfield, Thornton, Metford, Victoria Street, East Maitland, High Street, Maitland Dungog Branch ↑ Scone Branch → Dungog Branch Telarah, Mindaribba, Paterson, Martins Creek, Hilldale, Wallarobba, Wirragulla, Dungog Terminus ↑ Scone Branch Lochinvar, Greta, Branxton, Singleton, Muswellbrook, Aberdeen, Scone Terminus → Fleet J set (Hunter Railcar) - N set (Endeavour) Line details - NSW TrainLink