Thornton railway station, New South Wales
Thornton | |||||||||||
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 Westbound view in August 2006 | |||||||||||
| Location |
Karuah Street, Thornton Australia | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 32°47′01″S 151°38′23″E / 32.783507°S 151.639735°ECoordinates: 32°47′01″S 151°38′23″E / 32.783507°S 151.639735°E | ||||||||||
| 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 | ||||||||||
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| Station code | THO | ||||||||||
| Website | Sydney Trains | ||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||
| Opened | 10 February 1913 | ||||||||||
| Previous names | Woodford | ||||||||||
| 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.[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] | |
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| 2 | services to Maitland & Telarah | 1 early morning service to Scone[4] |
Transport links
Hunter Valley Buses operate two routes to and from Thornton station:[5]
- 182: to Rutherford
- 189: to Stockland Green Hills
References
- 1 2 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
- 1 2 3 "Hunter line timetable" (PDF). NSW Trainlink. 18 April 2015.
- ↑ "Routes 182 and 189 timetable". Hunter Valley Buses. 27 January 2015.
External links
Media related to Thornton railway station at Wikimedia Commons- Thornton station details Sydney Trains
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