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]
Thornton | |||||||||||
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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 from Central | ||||||||||
Platforms | 2 side | ||||||||||
Tracks | 4 | ||||||||||
Connections | Bus | ||||||||||
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Structure type | Ground | ||||||||||
Accessible | Yes | ||||||||||
Other information | |||||||||||
Station code | THO | ||||||||||
Website | Transport for NSW | ||||||||||
History | |||||||||||
Opened | 10 February 1913 | ||||||||||
Previous names | Woodford | ||||||||||
Passengers | |||||||||||
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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.[4][5] The line from Tarro was duplicated in 1880 and quadrupled in February 1913 when the current station opened.[3]
To the south-west of the station, the Bloomfield Colliery branches off.
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] |
Hunter Valley Buses operates two bus routes via Thornton station, under contract to Transport for NSW: