Thornton railway station, New South Wales
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.[2]
Thornton | |||||||||||||
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 Westbound view in August 2006 | |||||||||||||
| Location | Karuah Street, Thornton Australia | ||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 32°47′01″S 151°38′23″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 | ||||||||||||
| Other information | |||||||||||||
| Station code | THO | ||||||||||||
| Website | Transport for NSW | ||||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||||
| Opened | 10 February 1913 | ||||||||||||
| Previous names | Woodford | ||||||||||||
| Traffic | |||||||||||||
| Passengers (2013) | 250 (daily)[1] (Sydney Trains, NSW TrainLink) | ||||||||||||
| Rank | 222 | ||||||||||||
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The original station opened on 1 August 1871 as Woodford and was renamed in 1887 to avoid confusion with Woodford station in the Blue Mountains.[3][4] The line from Tarro was duplicated in 1880 and quadrupled in February 1913 when the current station opened.[2]
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 Newcastle to Maitland, 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, Muswellbrook & Scone | [5] |
Transport links
Hunter Valley Buses operate two routes to and from Thornton station:
- 182: to Rutherford[6]
- 189: to Stockland Green Hills[7]
References
- Bureau of Transport Statistics. "Train Statistics 2014" (PDF). Transport NSW. Retrieved 15 July 2018.
- 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
- "Hunter line timetable". Transport for NSW.
- "Hunter Valley Buses route 182". Transport for NSW.
- "Hunter Valley Buses route 189". Transport for NSW.
External links
- Thornton station details Transport for New South Wales
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