Tamworth station is served by NSW TrainLink's daily Northern Tablelands Xplorer service operating between Armidale and Sydney.

The Main North Line (also known as the Great Northern Railway) runs through the Central Coast, Hunter and the New England regions.

[2] In the 1830s, a company town began to develop on the Peel's southwest bank, the present site of West Tamworth.

A municipality was created in 1876, when Tamworth had flour mills, a tannery, butter factory, plaster works, brick and pipe-making, brewery, clothing and furniture manufacture.

[5] Its services included a hospital, post office and telegraph, court house, police station, two schools, two banks and six insurance brokers.

[2] The uniquely designed 1880s station building featured fine classical Victorian proportions and good detailing and finish.

The station building also incorporated the very rare addition of a landscaped forecourt, with many of the original plantings surviving to the present day.

[2] The complex is landscaped with a park and plantings in the forecourt area, established c. 1880, including trees from opening of the station.

[2][8] As at 4 September 2013, the Tamworth Railway Station was of state significance as a grand Victorian period station complex, in close to original condition with the very rare addition of a landscaped forecourt area dating from the time of construction and containing original planting and civic garden detail.

[2] Tamworth railway station was listed on the New South Wales State Heritage Register on 2 April 1999 having satisfied the following criteria.

[2] The place is important in demonstrating aesthetic characteristics and/or a high degree of creative or technical achievement in New South Wales.

The building consists of painted face brick with stuccoed quoins, pediments, gables, and rendered window and door cornices and sills.

The station building, residences and other precinct elements provide an opportunity to research the development of the NSW railways and the role and importance of Tamworth.

[citation needed] This Wikipedia article contains material from Tamworth Railway Station, yard group and movable relics, entry number 01260 in the New South Wales State Heritage Register published by the State of New South Wales (Department of Planning and Environment) 2018 under CC-BY 4.0 licence, accessed on 2 June 2018.