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
Westbound view in August 2006
General information
Location	Karuah Street, Thornton Australia
Coordinates	32°47′01″S 151°38′23″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
Other information
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
Preceding station NSW TrainLink Following station Metford toward Dungog or Scone Hunter Line Beresfield toward Newcastle Interchange

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]

Transport links

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

• 182: to Rutherford[6]
• 189: to Stockland Green Hills[7]

References

External links

• Media related to Thornton railway station at Wikimedia Commons
• Thornton station details Transport for New South Wales