Sydney → Newcastle
Sydney to Newcastle by train
The last published timetable (to 2 Sep 2026) has a direct train from Sydney to Newcastle, scheduled from 2 h 15 min.
- Service
- Direct: one train, no change
- Scheduled time
- from 2 h 15 min (typically 2 h 43 min)
- Departures in the last timetable week
- 28
- Operators
- NSW TrainLink, NSW Trains
- Stations
- Central Station → Broadmeadow Station
- Straight-line distance
- 117 km
- This comes from a timetable that ran until 2 Sep 2026. No newer timetable has been published in the open data we read, so check that the service still runs.
- The stations shown are the pair used by the most departures; other stations in either place may also be served.
- Source: Open timetable data (GTFS): Transport for New South Wales. How Head Your Way works.
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Direct connections from Newcastle
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Airports: Newcastle Airport (NTL), 16 km away · Stations: Newcastle Interchange; Hamilton Station; Broadmeadow Station · Ports: Newcastle
Journeys through Newcastle
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