Waratah railway station

Waratah
Waratah
	Westbound view from Platform 1, November 2022
General information
Location	Station Street, Waratah; Australia
Coordinates	32°54′09″S 151°43′53″E / 32.902578°S 151.731523°E
Owned by	Transport Asset Manager of New South Wales
Operated by	NSW TrainLink
Line(s)	Main Northern
Distance	165.96 kilometres (103.12 mi) from Central
Platforms	2 side
Tracks	4
Connections	Bus
Construction
Structure type	Ground
Accessible	Yes
Other information
Status	Weekdays:; Staffed: 6am–2pm Weekends and public holidays:; Unstaffed
Station code	WTH
Website	Transport for NSW
History
Opened	9 March 1858
Passengers
2024	93,870 (year); 256 (daily) (Sydney Trains, NSW TrainLink);
Services
Location
Location

Waratah railway station is located on the Main Northern line in New South Wales, Australia. It serves the western Newcastle suburbs of Waratah and Mayfield.

History

Waratah station opened on 9 March 1858.^[3]^[4]

Waratah has two side platforms. It is serviced by NSW TrainLink Hunter Line services travelling from Newcastle to Maitland, Singleton, Muswellbrook, Scone, Telarah and Dungog.^[5]

Platform	Line	Stopping pattern	Notes
1	HUN	services to Newcastle	^[5]
2	HUN	services to Maitland, Telarah, Dungog, Singleton, Muswellbrook & Scone	^[5]

Newcastle Transport operates one bus route via Waratah station, under contract to Transport for NSW:

^ This figure is the number of entries and exits of a year combined averaged to a day.
^ "Train Station Monthly Usage". Open Data. Retrieved 7 July 2025.
^ Waratah Station NSWrail.net
^ Station Names. Date of opening, closing and/or change of name. Public Transport Commission of New South Wales Administrative Branch (Archives Section) (3rd ed.). February 1979 [1965]. p. 34.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link)
^ ^a ^b ^c "Hunter line timetable". Transport for NSW.
^ "Newcastle Transport route 24". Transport for NSW.