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 | Transport Asset Holding Entity | ||||||||||
| 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 | Transport for NSW | ||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||
| Opened | 10 February 1913 | ||||||||||
| Previous names | Woodford | ||||||||||
| Passengers | |||||||||||
| 2013 | 250 (daily)[1] (Sydney Trains, NSW TrainLink) | ||||||||||
| Rank | 222 | ||||||||||
| 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.[2]
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 | HUN |
services to Newcastle | [5] |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | HUN |
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.
- ^ 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[]
Media related to Thornton railway station at Wikimedia Commons- Thornton station details Transport for New South Wales
Categories:
- Easy Access railway stations in New South Wales
- Maitland, New South Wales
- Railway stations in the Hunter Region
- Railway stations in Australia opened in 1913
- Regional railway stations in New South Wales
- Main North railway line, New South Wales