Waratah railway station

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Waratah
Waratah Railway Station.jpg
Station looking west in November 2022
General information
LocationStation Street, Waratah
Australia
Coordinates 32°54′09″S151°43′53″E / 32.902578°S 151.731523°E / -32.902578; 151.731523
Owned by Transport Asset Holding Entity
Operated by NSW TrainLink
Line(s) Main Northern
Distance165.96 kilometres from Central
Platforms2 side
Tracks4
ConnectionsBus
Construction
Structure typeGround
AccessibleYes
Other information
Status
  • Weekdays:

Staffed: 6am-2pm

  • Weekends and public holidays:
Unstaffed
Station code WTH
Website Transport for NSW
History
Opened9 March 1858
Passengers
2023 [1]
  • 102,740 (year)
  • 281 (daily) [2] (Sydney Trains, NSW TrainLink)
Services
Preceding station TfNSW T.png NSW TrainLink Following station
Warabrook
towards Dungog or Scone
Hunter Line Hamilton
towards Newcastle Interchange

Waratah railway station is located on the Main Northern line in New South Wales, Australia. It serves the western Newcastle suburbs of Waratah and Mayfield.

Contents

History

Waratah station opened on 9 March 1858. [3] [4]

The station c.1910 Waratah railway station 1910.jpg
The station c.1910

Platforms and services

Waratah has two side platforms. It is serviced by NSW TrainLink Hunter Line services travelling from Newcastle to Maitland, Singleton, Muswellbrook, Scone, Telarah and Dungog. [5]

PlatformLineStopping patternNotes
1services to Newcastle [5]
2
HUN
services to Maitland, Telarah, Dungog, Singleton, Muswellbrook & Scone [5]

Newcastle Transport operates one bus route via Waratah station, under contract to Transport for NSW:

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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. ↑ Waratah Station NSWrail.net
  4. ↑ Station Names. Date of opening, closing and/or change of name. Public Transport Commission of New South Wales Administrative Branch (Archives Section) (3rd ed.). February 1979 [1965]. p. 34.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link)
  5. 1 2 3 "Hunter line timetable". Transport for NSW.
  6. ↑ "Newcastle Transport route 24". Transport for NSW.
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