Beresfield railway station
Beresfield | |||||||||||
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 Westbound view in August 2006 | |||||||||||
| Location |
Addison Street, Beresfield Australia | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 32°47′56″S 151°39′28″E / 32.798959°S 151.657905°ECoordinates: 32°47′56″S 151°39′28″E / 32.798959°S 151.657905°E | ||||||||||
| Owned by | RailCorp | ||||||||||
| Operated by | NSW TrainLink | ||||||||||
| Line(s) | Main Northern | ||||||||||
| Distance | 179.81 kilometres from Central | ||||||||||
| Platforms | 2 (1 island) | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 4 | ||||||||||
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| Structure type | Ground | ||||||||||
| Disabled access | Yes | ||||||||||
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| Website | Sydney Trains | ||||||||||
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| Opened | 31 July 1925 | ||||||||||
| Rebuilt | 2002 | ||||||||||
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Beresfield railway station is located on the Main Northern line in New South Wales, Australia. It serves the western Newcastle suburb of Beresfield, opening on 31 July 1925.[1]
On 23 October 1997, Beresfield was the site of a major rail accident, when a FreightCorp coal train passed a red signal and collided into the rear of another coal train standing on the same track. Six people were injured including the station master and a commuter 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, closing all four tracks and a virtual demolition of Beresfield station.[2][3][4] Three 82 class locomotives were destroyed.[5]
In 2002 Beresfield was fully redeveloped receiving new easy access facilities, station signage and booking office.
Platforms & services
Beresfield has one island platform with two faces. It is serviced by NSW TrainLink Hunter Line services travelling from Hamilton (Newcastle) to Maitland, Muswellbrook, Scone, Telarah and Dungog.[6]
| Platform | Line | Stopping pattern | Notes |
| 1 | services to Hamilton (Newcastle) | [6] | |
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| 2 | services to Maitland, Telarah, Dungog, Muswellbrook & Scone | [6] |
References
- ↑ Beresfield Station NSWrail.net
- ↑ "Rail Safety Investigation Report 1998001 - Coal Train Collision". Australian Transport Safety Bureau, Department of Transport and Regional Services, Government of Australia.
- ↑ "Aviation Crash Team Investigates Beresfield Collision" Railway Digest December 1997 page 7
- ↑ Beresfield (Newcastle), NSW: Rail Collision Emergency Management Australia
- ↑ Oberg, Leon (2007). Locomotives of Australia: 1850s - 2007. Rosenberg Publishing. pp. 411, 418. ISBN 1-877058-54-8.
- 1 2 3 "Hunter line timetable" (PDF). NSW Trainlink. 18 April 2015.
External links
Media related to Beresfield railway station at Wikimedia Commons- Beresfield station details Sydney Trains
- Beresfield rail accident gallery
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