Waratah railway station is located on the Main Northern line in New South Wales, Australia. It serves the western Newcastle suburbs of Waratah and Mayfield.
Waratah | |||||||||||
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 Westbound view from Platform 1, November 2022 | |||||||||||
| General information | |||||||||||
| Location | Station Street, Waratah Australia | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 32°54′09″S 151°43′53″E / 32.902578°S 151.731523°E | ||||||||||
| Owned by | Transport Asset Holding Entity | ||||||||||
| Operated by | NSW TrainLink | ||||||||||
| Line(s) | Main Northern | ||||||||||
| Distance | 165.96 kilometres (103.12 mi) from Central | ||||||||||
| Platforms | 2 side | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 4 | ||||||||||
| Connections | Bus | ||||||||||
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| Structure type | Ground | ||||||||||
| Accessible | Yes | ||||||||||
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| Status |
Staffed: 6am-2pm
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| Station code | WTH | ||||||||||
| Website | Transport for NSW | ||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||
| Opened | 9 March 1858 | ||||||||||
| Passengers | |||||||||||
| 2023[2] |
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| Services | |||||||||||
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History
editWaratah station opened on 9 March 1858.[3][4]
Platforms and services
editWaratah has two side platforms. It is serviced by NSW TrainLink Hunter Line services travelling from Newcastle to Maitland, Singleton, Muswellbrook, Scone, Telarah and Dungog.[5]
| Platform | Line | Stopping pattern | Notes |
| 1 | services to Newcastle | [5] | |
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| 2 | services to Maitland, Telarah, Dungog, Singleton, Muswellbrook & Scone | [5] |
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Looking east from the footbridge -
Entrance on Platt Street -
Platform 2
Transport links
editNewcastle Transport operates one bus route via Waratah station, under contract to Transport for NSW:
- 24: Wallsend to Marketown via Jesmond, University of Newcastle, Waratah, Carrington & Newcastle Interchange[6]
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.
- ^ Waratah Station NSWrail.net
- ^ Station Names. Date of opening, closing and/or change of name. Public Transport Commission of New South Wales Administrative Branch (Archives Section) (3rd ed.). February 1979 [1965]. p. 34.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link) - ^ a b c "Hunter line timetable". Transport for NSW.
- ^ "Newcastle Transport route 24". Transport for NSW.
External links
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Media related to Waratah railway station at Wikimedia Commons- Waratah station details Transport for New South Wales
