Singleton railway station, New South Wales

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Singleton
Singleton railway station.jpg
Station building in June 2024
General information
LocationMunro Lane, Singleton
Australia
Coordinates 32°34′19″S151°09′55″E / 32.571821°S 151.165352°E / -32.571821; 151.165352
Owned by Transport Asset Holding Entity
Operated by NSW TrainLink
Line(s) Main Northern
Distance238.89 kilometres (148.44 mi) from Central
Platforms1
Tracks3
Connections TfNSW B.svg Bus
Construction
Structure typeGround
AccessibleYes
Other information
Status
  • Weekdays:

Staffed: 6.15am–2.15pm

  • Weekends and public holidays:
Unstaffed
Station code SIX
Website Transport for NSW
History
Opened7 May 1863
ElectrifiedNo
Passengers
2023 [1]
  • 16,680 (year)
  • 46 (daily) [2] (Sydney Trains, NSW TrainLink)
Services
Preceding station TfNSW T.png NSW TrainLink Following station
Muswellbrook
towards Scone
Hunter Line Branxton
towards Newcastle Interchange
Muswellbrook
towards Moree or Armidale
NSW TrainLink North Western Line Maitland
towards Sydney
Former services
Preceding stationFormer servicesFollowing station
Nundah
towards Wallangarra
Main North Line
(1952-1975)
 Whittingham
towards Sydney
Muswellbrook
towards Wallangarra
Main North Line
(1975-1984)

Singleton railway station is a heritage-listed railway station located on the Main Northern line in New South Wales, Australia. It serves the town of Singleton. It was added to the New South Wales State Heritage Register on 2 April 1999. [3]

Contents

History

The station opened on 7 May 1863. [4]

The original, listed 1863 John Whitton brick station building remains. It opened as the terminus of the Great Northern Railway when it was extended from Branxton. In 1869, Singleton lost its terminus status when the line was extended north to Muswellbrook. It had a freight yard including locomotive servicing facilities. The line from Whittingham was duplicated in 1951. [5]

Singleton was the stabling point for the last regular steam locomotive passenger service in Australia, a peak hour service to Newcastle that ceased in July 1971. [6]

Platforms and services

Singleton has one platform. It is serviced by NSW TrainLink Hunter Line services travelling between Newcastle, Muswellbrook and Scone. [7]

For a number of years in the 1980s, the passenger services were replaced by road coaches while the line was upgraded. Rail services were restored on 14 March 1988. [8]

It is also served by NSW TrainLink Xplorer services from Sydney to Armidale and Moree. [9]

PlatformLineStopping patternNotes
1services to Newcastle, Muswellbrook & Scone
Two terminating services to & from Newcastle		 [7]
services to Armidale/Moree & Sydney Central [9]

Hunter Valley Buses operates five bus routes via Singleton station, under contract to Transport for NSW:

Description

The station complex consists of the second-class brick station buildings (1863) and pre-cast concrete type K signal box (1926). The platforms are brick, with early use of ramped beds, and pre-cast concrete at the north end. A jib crane also remains within the station precinct. [3]

Heritage listing

Singleton is significant as the oldest surviving station building in the Hunter Valley fronting a major civic square in the town, displaying fine brickwork and detailing. The scale of the building is large in comparison to the buildings of similar period in the area. The awning is a later addition c. 1910. The pre-cast concrete signal box being a late addition is typical of its time and came due to upgrading of signalling. [3]

Singleton railway station was listed on the New South Wales State Heritage Register on 2 April 1999. [3]

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References

  1. ↑ "Train Station Monthly Usage". Open Data. Retrieved 26 January 2024.
  2. ↑ This figure is the number of entries and exits of a year combined averaged to a day.
  3. 1 2 3 4 "Singleton Railway Station group". New South Wales State Heritage Register . Department of Planning & Environment. H01246. Retrieved 13 October 2018. CC BY icon.svg Text is licensed by State of New South Wales (Department of Planning and Environment) under CC BY 4.0 licence .
  4. ↑ Singleton Station NSWrail.net
  5. ↑ Singleton Railway Precinct NSW Environment & Heritage
  6. ↑ Roundhouse October 1980 page 64
  7. 1 2 "Hunter line timetable". Transport for NSW.
  8. ↑ "Rail Returns to Muswellbrook" Railway Digest April 1988 page 121
  9. 1 2 "North West timetable". NSW TrainLink. 7 September 2019.
  10. ↑ "Hunter Valley Buses route 180". Transport for NSW.
  11. ↑ "Hunter Valley Buses route 180X". Transport for NSW.
  12. ↑ "Hunter Valley Buses route 401". Transport for NSW.
  13. ↑ "Hunter Valley Buses route 403". Transport for NSW.
  14. ↑ "Hunter Valley Buses route 404". Transport for NSW.

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CC BY icon-80x15.png This Wikipedia article contains material from Singleton Railway Station group , entry number 1246 in the New South Wales State Heritage Register published by the State of New South Wales (Department of Planning and Environment) 2018 under CC-BY 4.0 licence , accessed on 13 October 2018.

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