Telarah railway station

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Telarah
Side platform
Telarah Railway Station.jpg
General information
LocationJohnson Street, Telarah
Australia
Coordinates 32°43′24″S151°32′23″E / 32.723454°S 151.539775°E / -32.723454; 151.539775
Owned by Transport Asset Holding Entity
Operated by NSW TrainLink
Line(s) North Coast
Distance194.74 km (121.01 mi) from Central
Platforms1
Tracks2
Construction
Structure typeGround
AccessibleYes
Other information
Station code TLR
Fare zoneOpal
Website Transport for NSW
History
Opened14 August 1911
Passengers
2023 [1]
  • 67,000 (year)
  • 184 (daily) [2] (Sydney Trains, NSW TrainLink)
Services
Preceding station TfNSW T.png NSW TrainLink Following station
Mindaribba
towards Dungog
Hunter Line Maitland
Terminus

Telarah railway station is located on the North Coast line in New South Wales, Australia. It serves the western Maitland suburb of Telarah. It is served by NSW TrainLink Hunter Line services.

Contents

The station opened on 14 August 1911 as West Maitland Marshalling Yard before being renamed Telarah on 15 April 1922. [3]

On 18 January 2018 a freight train derailed at the station on track 2; no one was injured.

Platforms and services

Telarah consists of a single platform. It is serviced by NSW TrainLink Hunter Line services from Newcastle. Most services terminate at Telarah with a limited number continuing to Dungog. [4]

Just north of the station, the North Coast line becomes single track. Both lines from Maitland are signalled for bidirectional working with trains able to arrive or leave via either line. A disused freight yard is located south of the station. It is also north of the station where the North Coast Line and the Main North Line separate.

PlatformLineStopping patternNotes
1
HUN
Endeavour/Hunter railcar services to Dungog & Newcastle [4]


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Telarah is a suburb in the City of Maitland, New South Wales, Australia. The suburb was formerly known as Homeville, however use of this name was abandoned in the 1950s. It is located on the New England Highway and is also the site of a major rail junction, where the North Coast line and the once extensive, privately owned South Maitland Railway system meet the Main North line. A station on the North Coast line opened in 1911 and is served by NSW TrainLink's Hunter Line, with services to Newcastle and Dungog. Telarah has its own fire brigade as well as bowling club, supermarket, pharmacy, takeaway shop and petrol station.

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. Telarah station NSWrail.net
  4. 1 2 "Hunter line timetable". Transport for NSW.