Thornton railway station, New South Wales
Thornton | |||||||||||
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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 | ||||||||||
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| Structure type | Ground | ||||||||||
| Accessible | Yes | ||||||||||
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| Station code | THO | ||||||||||
| Website | Transport for NSW | ||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||
| Opened | 10 February 1913 | ||||||||||
| Previous names | Woodford (1871–1887) | ||||||||||
| Passengers | |||||||||||
| 2023 |
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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 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. The line from Tarro was duplicated in 1880 and quadrupled on 10 February 1913 when the current station site opened.
To the south-west of the station, the Bloomfield Colliery branches off.