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]
Thornton | |||||||||||
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 Westbound view of the station platforms, August 2006 | |||||||||||
| General information | |||||||||||
| Location | Karuah Street, Thornton Australia | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 32°47′01″S 151°38′23″E / 32.783507°S 151.639735°E | ||||||||||
| Owned by | Transport Asset Holding Entity | ||||||||||
| Operated by | NSW TrainLink | ||||||||||
| Line(s) | Main Northern | ||||||||||
| Distance | 182.19 kilometres (113.21 mi) from Central | ||||||||||
| Platforms | 2 side | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 4 | ||||||||||
| Connections | Bus | ||||||||||
| Construction | |||||||||||
| Structure type | Ground | ||||||||||
| Accessible | Yes | ||||||||||
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| Station code | THO | ||||||||||
| Website | Transport for NSW | ||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||
| Opened | 10 February 1913 | ||||||||||
| Previous names | Woodford (1871-1887) | ||||||||||
| Passengers | |||||||||||
| 2023[2] |
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| Services | |||||||||||
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The original station site opened on 1 August 1871 as Woodford and was renamed in to Thornton in 1887 to avoid confusion with Woodford railway station in the Blue Mountains.[4][5] The line from Tarro was duplicated in 1880 and quadrupled on 10 February 1913 when the current station site opened.[3]
To the south-west of the station, the Bloomfield Colliery branches off.
Platforms and services
editThornton 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] | |
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| 2 | services to Maitland, Telarah, Dungog, Singleton, Muswellbrook & Scone | [6] |
Transport links
editHunter Valley Buses operates two bus routes via Thornton station, under contract to Transport for NSW:
- 182: to Rutherford[7]
- 189: to Stockland Green Hills[8]
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.
- ^ a b Thornton Railway Station NSW Environment & Heritage
- ^ "The Great Northern Railway, Newcastle to Maitland 150 years on" Australian Railway History March 2007
- ^ Thornton Station NSWrail.net
- ^ a b c "Hunter line timetable". Transport for NSW.
- ^ "Hunter Valley Buses route 182". Transport for NSW.
- ^ "Hunter Valley Buses route 189". Transport for NSW.
External links
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Media related to Thornton railway station at Wikimedia Commons- Thornton station details Transport for New South Wales
