Thornton railway station, New South Wales

Thornton

Westbound view in August 2006
Location Karuah Street, Thornton
Australia
Coordinates 32°47′01″S 151°38′23″E / 32.783507°S 151.639735°E / -32.783507; 151.639735Coordinates: 32°47′01″S 151°38′23″E / 32.783507°S 151.639735°E / -32.783507; 151.639735
Owned by RailCorp
Operated by NSW TrainLink
Line(s) Main Northern
Distance 182.19 kilometres from Central
Platforms 2 side
Tracks 4
Connections Bus
Construction
Structure type Ground
Disabled access Yes
Other information
Station code THO
Website Sydney Trains
History
Opened 10 February 1913
Previous names Woodford
Services
Preceding station   NSW TrainLink   Following station
towards Dungog or Scone
Hunter Line
towards Newcastle

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.[1]

The original station opened on 1 August 1871 as Woodford being renamed in 1887 to avoid confusion with Woodford station in the Blue Mountains.[2][3] The line from Tarro was duplicated in 1880 and quadrupled in February 1913 when the current station opened.[1]

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

Platforms & services

Thornton has two side platforms. It is serviced by NSW TrainLink Hunter Line services travelling from Hamilton (Newcastle) to Maitland, Muswellbrook, Scone, Telarah and Dungog.[4]

Platform Line Stopping pattern Notes
1 services to Hamilton (Newcastle) [4]
2 services to Maitland & Telarah 1 early morning service to Scone[4]

Hunter Valley Buses operate two routes to and from Thornton station:[5]

References

  1. 1 2 Thornton Railway Station NSW Environment & Heritage
  2. ↑ "The Great Northern Railway, Newcastle to Maitland 150 years on" Australian Railway History March 2007
  3. ↑ Thornton Station NSWrail.net
  4. 1 2 3 "Hunter line timetable" (PDF). NSW Trainlink. 18 April 2015.
  5. ↑ "Routes 182 and 189 timetable". Hunter Valley Buses. 27 January 2015.
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