Thornton railway station, New South Wales
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Thornton
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Westbound view in August 2006
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| Location | Karuah Street, Thornton Australia |
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| Coordinates | 32°47′01″S 151°38′23″E / 32.783507°S 151.639735°ECoordinates: 32°47′01″S 151°38′23″E / 32.783507°S 151.639735°E | ||||||||||
| Owned by | RailCorp | ||||||||||
| Operated by | NSW TrainLink | ||||||||||
| Line(s) | Main Northern | ||||||||||
| Distance | 182.19 kilometres from Central | ||||||||||
| Platforms | 2 side | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 4 | ||||||||||
| Connections | Bus | ||||||||||
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| Structure type | Ground | ||||||||||
| Disabled access | Yes | ||||||||||
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| Station code | THO | ||||||||||
| Website | Sydney Trains | ||||||||||
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| Opened | 10 February 1913 | ||||||||||
| Previous names | Woodford | ||||||||||
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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.
The original station opened on 1 August 1871 as Woodford being renamed in 1887 to avoid confusion with Woodford station in the Blue Mountains. The line from Tarro was duplicated in 1880 and quadrupled in February 1913 when the current station opened.
To the south-west of the station, the Bloomfield Colliery branches off.
Thornton has two side platforms. It is serviced by NSW TrainLink Hunter Line services travelling from Hamilton (Newcastle) to Maitland, Muswellbrook, Scone, Telarah and Dungog.
Hunter Valley Buses operate two routes to and from Thornton station:
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