Cardiff railway station, New South Wales

Railway station in New South Wales, Australia

For railway stations in Cardiff, the capital of Wales, see List of railway stations in Cardiff.

Cardiff

Northbound view of Platform 2, July 2013

General information
Location| Main Road, Cardiff
Australia
Coordinates| 32°56′30″S 151°39′46″E﻿ / ﻿32.94174°S 151.662891°E﻿ / -32.94174; 151.662891
Owned by| Transport Asset Holding Entity
Operated by| NSW TrainLink
Line(s)| Main Northern
Distance| 155.08 km (96.36 mi) from Central
Platforms| 2 (1 island)
Tracks| 2
Connections|
Construction
Structure type| Ground
Accessible| Yes
Other information
Status|

* Weekdays:

Staffed: 4am-8pm

* Weekends and public holidays:

Staffed: 5am-8.30pm
Station code| CDF
Website| Transport for NSW
History
Opened| 14 March 1889; 135 years ago (1889-03-14)
Rebuilt| 8 June 1902
Electrified| Yes
Passengers
2023[2]|

* 436,270 (year)
* 1,195 (daily)[1] (Sydney Trains, NSW TrainLink)

Services
| Preceding station  |  NSW TrainLink | Following station

|
|

Kotara

towards Newcastle Interchange

|  | Central Coast & Newcastle Line |  | Cockle Creek

towards Central

Broadmeadow

towards Newcastle Interchange

|  | Central Coast & Newcastle Line

Express

|  | Fassifern

towards Central

Cardiff railway station is located on the Main Northern line in New South Wales, Australia. It serves the western Newcastle suburb of Cardiff, opening on 14 March 1889, relocating to its present site on 8 June 1902.[3]

Despite being one of the busiest stations in the region, the station long had substandard facilities, in particular, a lack of disabled access.[4] There had been numerous (often contradictory) proposals to either upgrade Cardiff or relocate the station to the abandoned station at nearby Glendale, following community pressure stretching back to the 1990s.[5]

In November 2010, work started on a series of upgrades.[6] These improved the parking and stairs and provided wheelchair access, weather protection, and a lengthened platform capable of accommodating eight carriage trains.

## Platforms and services

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Cardiff has one island platform with two faces. It is serviced by NSW TrainLink Central Coast & Newcastle Line services travelling from Sydney Central to Newcastle.[7]

Platform | Line | Stopping pattern | Notes

|
|
|

1 |

CCN

| services to Gosford & Sydney Central | [7]
2 |

CCN

| services to Newcastle | [7]

## Transport links

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Hunter Valley Buses operates five bus routes via Cardiff station, under contract to Transport for NSW:

* 259: Glendale to Minmi via Wallsend & Maryland[8]
* 262: Cameron Park to Charlestown via Constitution Dr[9]
* 263: Cameron Park to Charlestown[10]
* 264: Minmi to Adamstown via Glendale & Kotara[11]
* 267: West Wallsend to Glendale[12]

Newcastle Transport operates three bus routes via Cardiff station, under contract to Transport for NSW:

* 13: Glendale to Newcastle via Cardiff & John Hunter Hospital[13]
* 29: Glendale to Swansea North via Cardiff and Belmont[14]
* 44: Warners Bay to Kotara via Glendale, Cardiff & Macquarie Hills[15]

## References

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1. ^ This figure is the number of entries and exits of a year combined averaged to a day.
2. ^ "Train Station Monthly Usage". Open Data. Retrieved 26 January 2024.
3. ^ Cardiff Station NSWrail.net
4. ^ Cardiff businesses demand railway station upgrade Newcastle Herald 20 May 2009
5. ^ 65m for Cardiff rail station upgrade Newcastle Herald 1 May 2010
6. ^ Work starts on access upgrade at Cardiff railway station ABC News 15 November 2010
7. ^ a b c "Central Coast & Newcastle line timetable". Transport for NSW.
8. ^ Unknown line: see Template:Cite New South Wales transport timetables for usage.
9. ^ "Hunter Valley Buses route 262". Transport for NSW.
10. ^ "Hunter Valley Buses route 263". Transport for NSW.
11. ^ Unknown line: see Template:Cite New South Wales transport timetables for usage.
12. ^ "Hunter Valley Buses route 267". Transport for NSW.
13. ^ "Newcastle Transport route 13". Transport for NSW.
14. ^ "Newcastle Transport route 29". Transport for NSW.
15. ^ "Newcastle Transport route 44". Transport for NSW.

## External links

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* Media related to Cardiff railway station at Wikimedia Commons
* Cardiff station details Transport for New South Wales

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Sydney Metro services and stations

* Metro North West & Bankstown Line

Sydney Trains services and stations

* North Shore & Western
* Inner West & Leppington
* Liverpool & Inner West
* Eastern Suburbs & Illawarra
* Cumberland
* Lidcombe & Bankstown
* Olympic Park
* Airport & South
* Northern

NSW TrainLink Intercity services and stations

Central Coast &
Newcastle Line|

* Central
* (Town Hall)
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* (Milsons Point)
* (North Sydney)
* (St Leonards)
* (Chatswood)
* (Gordon)
* (Redfern)
* Strathfield
* Epping
* Hornsby
* Asquith
* Mount Colah
* Mount Kuring-gai
* Berowra
* Cowan
* Hawkesbury River
* Wondabyne
* Woy Woy
* Koolewong
* Tascott
* Point Clare
* Gosford
* Narara
* Niagara Park
* Lisarow
* Ourimbah
* Tuggerah
* Wyong
* Warnervale
* Wyee
* Morisset
* Dora Creek
* Awaba
* Fassifern
* Booragul
* Teralba
* Cockle Creek
* Cardiff
* Kotara
* Adamstown
* Broadmeadow
* Hamilton
* Newcastle Interchange

* Blue Mountains
* Central Coast & Newcastle
* Hunter
* South Coast
* Southern Highlands

NSW TrainLink Regional services and stations

* North Coast Region
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* Southern Region
* Western Region

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Significant places & items of interest in the Hunter Region of New South Wales

Commerce & industry

| Industry|

* Cardiff Locomotive Workshops
* Forgacs Shipyard
* Hunter Valley Coal Chain
* Hunter Valley wine
* Kia Ora Stud
* Kooragang Island
* Newcastle Steelworks
* Newcastle Port Corporation
* Tomago aluminium smelter

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Shopping|

* Charlestown Square
* Hunter Street
* Newcastle & Suburban Co-operative Society
* Stockland Glendale
* Stockland Green Hills
* Westfield Kotara

Other|

* Newcastle Government House

Education

| Primary|

* Avondale
* Hunter School of the Performing Arts
* Hunter Valley Grammar
* Kahibah Public
* Newcastle Grammar

|

Secondary|

* All Saints College, Maitland
* Avondale
* Callaghan College
* Jesmond Senior
* Wallsend
* Waratah Technology
* Cessnock High
* Glendale Technology High
* Hunter River High
* Hunter School of the Performing Arts
* Hunter Valley Grammar
* Irrawang High
* Kotara High
* Lambton High
* Maitland Grossmann High
* Maitland High
* Merewether High
* Mount View High
* Newcastle Grammar
* Newcastle High
* Rutherford Technology High
* St Joseph's, Lochinvar
* Tomaree High
* Toronto High

Tertiary|

* Avondale College
* University of Newcastle

Entertainment, sport & culture

* Black Rock Motor Resort
* Broadmeadow Basketball Stadium
* Circuit Italia
* Dungog Film Festival
* Hunter Valley Steamfest
* Newcastle 500
* Newcastle Art Gallery
* Newcastle Civic Theatre
* Newcastle Entertainment Centre
* Newcastle International Sports Centre
* Newcastle Libraries
* Newcastle Museum
* Newcastle Number 1 Sports Ground
* Newcastle Show
* Newcastle Showground
* Newcastle Street Circuit
* Surfest

Geography

| General|

* Broughton Island
* Burning Mountain
* Cape Hawke
* Glenrock Lagoon
* Lake Chichester
* Lake Macquarie
* Myall Lakes
* Mount Royal Range
* Mount Sugarloaf
* Port Stephens
* Stockton Beach
* Tops to Myall Heritage Trail

|

National parks
and nature reserves|

* Barrington Tops
* Black Bulga State Conservation Area
* Booti Booti
* Ghin-Doo-Ee
* Mount Royal
* Myall Lakes
* Tomaree
* Towarri
* Wallingat
* Watagans
* Werakata

* The Glen

Rivers|

* Allyn
* Avon
* Barrington
* Bow
* Bylong
* Chichester
* Gloucester
* Goulburn
* Hunter
* Karuah
* Manning
* Myall
* Pages
* Paterson
* Wangat
* Williams
* Worondi Rivulet

Historical

| Air transport|

* Broadmeadow Aerodrome

|

Defence|

* Fort Scratchley
* Greta Army Camp

Education|

* Newcastle Boys' High School

General|

* Greater Newcastle Act 1937
* History of Newcastle, New South Wales
* Hunter Valley cannabis infestation
* Lake Macquarie Petrified Forest
* Maitland Gaol
* Newcastle Museum
* Nobbys Head
* Royal Newcastle Hospital
* Tahlee historic property

Industry|

* Cockle Creek Power Station
* Cockle Creek Smelter
* Rothbury riot
* South Maitland coalfields
* South Waratah Colliery
* State Dockyard
* Teralba Colliery
* Walka Water Works
* Walsh Island Dockyard & Engineering Works
* Wangi Power Station

Maritime|

* Bluebell Collision
* Cawarra shipwreck
* Maianbar shipwreck
* MV Sygna shipwreck
* Nobbys Head Light
* Point Stephens Light

Natural disasters|

* 1989 Newcastle earthquake

Rail|

| General|

* Broadmeadow Locomotive Depot
* Fernleigh Track
* Hunter Valley Railway Trust
* Hunter Valley Steamfest
* Murulla rail accident
* Richmond Vale Railway Museum
* Wallsend Railway Goods Shed

|

Railway lines|

* Belmont
* Morpeth
* Richmond Vale Railway
* South Maitland Railway
* Toronto
* Wallsend

Railway stations|

* Allandale
* Antiene
* Belford
* Belmont
* Blackalls Park
* Cessnock
* Civic
* Dingadee
* Farley
* Grasstree
* Jewells
* Minimbah
* Mortuary
* Newcastle
* Ravensworth
* Toronto
* Whittingham
* Wickham
* Wingen

Trams|

* Trams in Newcastle
* West Wallsend Steam Tram Line

Wine making|

* Lindeman's

World War II|

* No. 2 Fighter Sector RAAF
* No. 208 Radar Station RAAF
* HMAS Assault
* Belmont Anti-Tank Ditch
* Lake Macquarie anti-submarine boom
* Newcastle Covering Force
* RAAF Base Rathmines
* Shelling of Newcastle

Infrastructure

| Transport|

| Road|

* Beaumont Street
* Bucketts Way
* Golden Highway
* Hunter Expressway
* New England Highway
* Newcastle Inner City Bypass
* Newcastle Link Road
* Pacific Highway
* Putty Road
* Sydney-Newcastle Freeway
* Thunderbolts Way

|

Road bridges|

* Beckers
* Clarence Town
* Cooreei
* Dunmore
* Fitzgerald Bridge
* Glennies Creek
* Hexham
* Hinton
* Monkerai
* Morpeth
* Stockton
* Tea Gardens-Hawks Nest
* Vacy

Railway lines|

* Main North
* Newcastle

Railway stations|

* Aberdeen
* Adamstown
* Awaba
* Beresfield
* Booragul
* Branxton
* Broadmeadow
* Cardiff
* Cockle Creek
* Dora Creek
* Dungog
* East Maitland
* Fassifern
* Greta
* Hamilton
* Hexham
* High Street
* Hilldale
* Kotara
* Lochinvar
* Maitland
* Martins Creek
* Metford
* Mindaribba
* Morisset
* Muswellbrook
* Newcastle Interchange
* Paterson
* Sandgate
* Scone
* Singleton
* Tarro
* Telarah
* Teralba
* Thornton
* Victoria Street
* Wallarobba
* Warabrook
* Waratah
* Wirragulla
* Wyee

Bus|

* Bus routes
* Busways
* Hunter Valley Buses
* Newcastle Transport
* Port Stephens Coaches
* Rover Coaches
* Sid Fogg's

Air|

* Cessnock Airport
* Maitland Airport
* Newcastle Airport
* Scone Airport

Ferry|

* Stockton ferry service

Light rail|

* Newcastle Light Rail

Utilities|

| Electricity generation|

* Bayswater Power Station
* Eraring Power Station
* Lake Liddell
* Liddell Power Station
* Redbank Power Station
* Teralba Colliery
* Vales Point Power Station

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Water supply|

* Chichester Dam
* Glenbawn Dam
* Grahamstown Dam
* Lostock Dam
* Tillegra Dam proposal

Media

* ABC Newcastle
* Hit 106.9
* Maitland Mercury
* Newy 87.8 FM
* Nine Northern NSW
* New FM
* Port Stephens Examiner
* The Herald
* Triple M
* 2HD
* 2NUR

Other

| Defence|

* No. 26 Squadron RAAF
* RAAF Base Williamtown

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General|

* Cessnock Correctional Centre
* Christ Church Cathedral

Health & medical research|

* Hunter Medical Research Institute
* John Hunter Hospital

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