Thornton railway station, New South Wales
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 | ||||||||||
| Other information | |||||||||||
| 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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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]
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
[edit]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] | |
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| 2 | services to Maitland, Telarah, Dungog, Singleton, Muswellbrook & Scone | [6] |
Transport links
[edit]Hunter 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
