Armidale railway station
Armidale | |||||||||||||||||||||
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 Station front in September 2007 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Brown Street, Armidale | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 30°30′55″S 151°39′06″E / 30.5152°S 151.6517°E | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Owned by | RailCorp | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Operated by | NSW TrainLink | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Line(s) | Main Northern | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Distance | 578.87 kilometres from Central | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Platforms | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Tracks | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Construction | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Structure type | Ground | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Disabled access | Yes | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Station code | ARM | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Opened | 3 February 1883 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Armidale railway station is the terminal station of the Main Northern line in New South Wales, Australia. It serves the city of Armidale, opening on 3 February 1883 when the line was extended from Uralla. It was the terminus of the line until it was extended to Glen Innes on 19 August 1884.[1][2]
The last regular services to operate north of Armidale was the Northern Mail which ceased in November 1988.[3] Freight services continued to serve a fertilizer depot at Dumaresq until the mid-2000s, after which the line closed north of Armidale.
Services
Armidale station is served by NSW TrainLink's daily Northern Tablelands Xplorer service operating to and from Sydney. It is also served by weekly (Tuesday only) NSW TrainLink coach service to Inverell and daily NSW TrainLink coach service to Tenterfield.[4]
| Platform | Line | Stopping pattern | Notes |
| 1 | services to Sydney Central |
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References
- ↑ Armidale Station NSWrail.net
- ↑ Armidale Railway Precinct NSW Environment & Heritage
- ↑ "Requiem for a Mail" Railway Digest January 1989 page 14
- ↑ "North West timetable" (PDF). NSW Trainlink. 20 October 2013.
External links
Media related to Armidale railway station, New South Wales at Wikimedia Commons