Armidale railway station

Armidale
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
Other information
Station code	ARM
History
Opened	3 February 1883
Services
Preceding station   NSW Main lines   Following station Dumaresq towards Wallangarra Main North Line Kellys Plains towards Sydney Preceding station   NSW TrainLink   Following station Terminus NSW TrainLink North Western Uralla towards Sydney

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	North West Region	services to Sydney Central

References

1. Armidale Station NSWrail.net
2. Armidale Railway Precinct NSW Environment & Heritage
3. "Requiem for a Mail" Railway Digest January 1989 page 14
4. "North West timetable" (PDF). NSW Trainlink. 20 October 2013.

External links

Media related to Armidale railway station, New South Wales at Wikimedia Commons