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Service type | Intercity rail | ||||||||||
Locale | Hunter Region, New South Wales | ||||||||||
Current operator(s) | NSW TrainLink | ||||||||||
Route | |||||||||||
Start | Hamilton | ||||||||||
Stops | 28 | ||||||||||
End | Scone, Dungog | ||||||||||
Line used |
Newcastle Main Northern North Coast |
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Endeavour & Hunter & railcars | |||||||||||
Track gauge | 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 1⁄2 in) standard gauge | ||||||||||
Track owner(s) | RailCorp | ||||||||||
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The Hunter Line is a NSW TrainLink passenger train service that operates from Hamilton to Dungog and Scone in the New South Wales Hunter Region. It operates on the Newcastle, Main North and North Coast lines.
Hunter Line services operate from Hamilton station on the Newcastle branch line to Islington Junction, the Main North line between Islington Junction and Scone, the North Coast line between Maitland and Dungog.
The Main North line, formerly known as the Great Northern Railway (GNR), was the original mainline between Sydney and Brisbane. This line, which ran via Armidale and required a change of train due to the break-of-gauge at Wallangarra, was opened to East Maitland in 1857 and Maitland in 1858. It reached Singleton in 1863, Muswellbrook in 1869, and Scone in 1871.