Thornton railway station, New South Wales

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Thornton
ThorntonStation.jpg
Westbound view of the station platforms,
August 2006
General information
LocationKaruah Street, Thornton
Australia
Coordinates 32°47′01″S151°38′23″E / 32.783507°S 151.639735°E / -32.783507; 151.639735
Owned by Transport Asset Manager of New South Wales
Operated by Sydney Trains Intercity
Line(s) Main Northern
Distance182.19 kilometres (113.21 mi) from Central
Platforms2 side
Tracks4
ConnectionsBus
Construction
Structure typeGround
AccessibleYes
Other information
Station code THO
Website Transport for NSW
History
Opened10 February 1913
Previous namesWoodford (1871–1887)
Passengers
2024 [1]
  • 128,674 (year)
  • 352 (daily) [2] (Sydney Trains, NSW TrainLink)
Services
Preceding station TfNSW T.svg Sydney Trains IntercityFollowing station
Metford
towards Dungog or Scone
Hunter Line Beresfield
Location
Thornton railway station, New South Wales

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]

Contents

The original station site opened on 1 August 1871 as Woodford and was renamed in to Thornton in 1887 to avoid confusion with Woodford railway station in the Blue Mountains. [4] [5] The line from Tarro was duplicated in 1880 and quadrupled on 10 February 1913 when the current station site opened. [3]

To the south-west of the station, the Bloomfield Colliery branches off.

Platforms and services

Thornton has two side platforms. It is serviced by Sydney Trains Intercity Hunter Line services travelling from Newcastle to Maitland, Singleton, Muswellbrook, Scone, Telarah and Dungog. [6]

PlatformLineStopping patternNotes
1services to Newcastle [6]
2
HUN
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:

References

  1. "Train Station Monthly Usage". Open Data. Retrieved 7 July 2025.
  2. This figure is the number of entries and exits of a year combined averaged to a day.
  3. 1 2 Thornton Railway Station NSW Environment & Heritage
  4. "The Great Northern Railway, Newcastle to Maitland 150 years on" Australian Railway History March 2007
  5. Thornton Station NSWrail.net
  6. 1 2 3 "Hunter line timetable". Transport for NSW.
  7. "Hunter Valley Buses route 182". Transport for NSW.
  8. "Hunter Valley Buses route 189". Transport for NSW.