Adamstown Railway Station is located in Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia serving the suburb of Adamstown on the Newcastle & Central Coast Line of the CityRail intercity network. The station has two platforms in use, plus a third on a disconnected relief line. The station opened on 15 August 1887.
The station is served by intercity trains to Sydney and local trains to Morisset. The station itself has a short platform, thus passengers on 6 or 8-car trains are asked to use the last 4 carriages. The station has one service to Morriset and one to Newcastle every hour, during the off peak period on weekdays, on weekends the servicing is limited to one in each direction every 2 hours.
The level crossing at the northern end of the station has been planned for replacement with an overpass for decades and has been the scene of pedestrian fatalities.
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