Thornton railway station, New South Wales

Thornton
Thornton
	Westbound view of the station platforms, ; August 2006
General information
Location	Karuah Street, Thornton; Australia
Coordinates	32°47′01″S 151°38′23″E / 32.783507°S 151.639735°E
Owned by	Transport Asset Holding Entity
Operated by	NSW TrainLink
Line(s)	Main Northern
Distance	182.19 kilometres (113.21 mi) from Central
Platforms	2 side
Tracks	4
Connections	Bus
Construction
Structure type	Ground
Accessible	Yes
Other information
Station code	THO
Website	Transport for NSW
History
Opened	10 February 1913
Previous names	Woodford (1871–1887)
Passengers
2023	126,320 (year); 346 (daily) (Sydney Trains, NSW TrainLink);
Services

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]

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 NSW TrainLink Hunter Line services travelling from Newcastle to Maitland, Singleton, Muswellbrook, Scone, Telarah and Dungog.^[6]

Platform	Line	Stopping pattern	Notes
1	HUN	services to Newcastle	^[6]
2	HUN	services to Maitland, Telarah, Dungog, Singleton, Muswellbrook & Scone	^[6]

Transport links

Hunter Valley Buses operates two bus routes via Thornton station, under contract to Transport for NSW:

182: to Rutherford^[7]
189: to Stockland Green Hills^[8]

References

^ This figure is the number of entries and exits of a year combined averaged to a day.
^ "Train Station Monthly Usage". Open Data. Retrieved 26 January 2024.
^ ^a ^b Thornton Railway Station NSW Environment & Heritage
^ "The Great Northern Railway, Newcastle to Maitland 150 years on" Australian Railway History March 2007
^ Thornton Station NSWrail.net
^ ^a ^b ^c "Hunter line timetable". Transport for NSW.
^ "Hunter Valley Buses route 182". Transport for NSW.
^ "Hunter Valley Buses route 189". Transport for NSW.