Thornton_railway_station,_New_South_Wales

Thornton railway station, New South Wales

Thornton railway station, New South Wales

Railway station in New South Wales, Australia

Thornton railway station is located on the Main Northern line in New South Wales, Australia. It serves Thornton in the eastern suburbs of Maitland opening in 1913.[3]

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The original station opened on 1 August 1871 as Woodford and was renamed in 1887 to avoid confusion with Woodford station in the Blue Mountains.[4][5] The line from Tarro was duplicated in 1880 and quadrupled in February 1913 when the current station opened.[3]

To the south-west of the station, the Bloomfield Colliery branches off.

Platforms and services

Thornton has two side platforms. It is serviced by NSW TrainLink Hunter Line services travelling from Newcastle to Maitland, Singleton, Muswellbrook, Scone, Telarah and Dungog.[6]

Platform Line Stopping pattern Notes
1
services to Newcastle [6]
2
services to Maitland, Telarah, Dungog, Singleton, Muswellbrook & Scone [6]

Hunter Valley Buses operates two bus routes via Thornton station, under contract to Transport for NSW:

References

  1. [1]
    "Train Station Monthly Usage". Open Data. Retrieved 26 January 2024.
  2. [2]
    This figure is the number of entries and exits of a year combined averaged to a day.
  3. [3]
    Thornton Railway Station NSW Environment & Heritage
  4. [4]
    "The Great Northern Railway, Newcastle to Maitland 150 years on" Australian Railway History March 2007
  5. [5]
    Thornton Station NSWrail.net
  6. [6]
    "Hunter line timetable". Transport for NSW.
  7. [7]
    "Hunter Valley Buses route 182". Transport for NSW.
  8. [8]
    "Hunter Valley Buses route 189". Transport for NSW.
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