Hexham railway station is located on the Main Northern line in New South Wales, Australia. It serves the western Newcastle suburb of Hexham, and was opened on 1 August 1871.[3]
Hexham | |||||||||||
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 Eastbound view of the station platforms, August 2006 | |||||||||||
| General information | |||||||||||
| Location | Pacific Highway, Hexham Australia | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 32°49′45″S 151°41′03″E / 32.82908°S 151.684247°E | ||||||||||
| Owned by | Transport Asset Holding Entity | ||||||||||
| Operated by | NSW TrainLink | ||||||||||
| Line(s) | Main Northern | ||||||||||
| Distance | 175.53 kilometres (109.07 mi) from Central | ||||||||||
| Platforms | 2 (1 island) | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 4 | ||||||||||
| Construction | |||||||||||
| Structure type | Ground | ||||||||||
| Accessible | No | ||||||||||
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| Station code | HXM | ||||||||||
| Website | Transport for NSW | ||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||
| Opened | 1 August 1871 | ||||||||||
| Rebuilt | 1990s | ||||||||||
| Passengers | |||||||||||
| 2023[2] |
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| Services | |||||||||||
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The station has a full-length island platform; however, the eastern end has been fenced off to a shorter two carriage train length. South of the coal road, Aurizon have a locomotive depot.[4]
History
editHexham originally had a substantial brick platform building; however, this was demolished in May 1993 and replaced with a lightweight bus-shelter type structure.[5]
Until 1987, the Richmond Vale's exchange sidings were located opposite Hexham station.
In November 2014, the Australian Rail Track Corporation completed a project that saw the westbound coal road relocated further south to make way for five 1,800 metre passing loops.[6][7][8][9][10]
Platforms and services
editHexham has one island platform with two faces. It is serviced by NSW TrainLink Hunter Line services travelling between Newcastle, Maitland and Telarah. It is also serviced by one early morning service to Scone.[11]
| Platform | Line | Stopping pattern | Notes |
| 1 | services to Newcastle | [11] | |
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| 2 | services to Maitland & Telarah | 1 early morning service to Scone[11] |
References
edit- ^ This figure is the number of entries and exits of a year combined averaged to a day.
- ^ "Train Station Monthly Usage". Open Data. Retrieved 26 January 2024.
- ^ Hexham Station NSWrail.net
- ^ "Signaling & infrastructure" Railway Digest February 2015 page 44
- ^ "Infrastructure" Railway Digest June 1993 page 246
- ^ " Hunter Valley Coal Chain – Rail developments at Hexham, NSW" Railway Digest January 2013 page 36
- ^ Reducing coal train congestion at Newcastle Port Archived 12 January 2014 at the Wayback Machine Australian Rail Track Corporation 25 October 2013
- ^ "Construction begins on Hexham Relief Road Project" Railway Digest December 2013 page 12
- ^ Hexham Relief Roads Project Construction Environmental Management Plan Archived 7 March 2014 at the Wayback Machine Upper Hunter Valley Alliance
- ^ "ARTC undertakes Hexham Relief Road works and Gunnedah Yard remodelling" Railway Digest January 2015 page 12
- ^ a b c "Hunter line timetable". Transport for NSW.
External links
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Media related to Hexham station at Wikimedia Commons- Hexham station details Transport for New South Wales
