Waratah railway station

Railway station in New South Wales, Australia

32°54′09″S 151°43′53″E / 32.902578°S 151.731523°E / -32.902578; 151.731523Owned byTransport Asset Holding EntityOperated byNSW TrainLinkLine(s)Main NorthernDistance165.96 kilometres from CentralPlatforms2 sideTracks4ConnectionsBusConstructionStructure typeGroundAccessibleYesOther informationStatus
  • Weekdays:

Staffed: 6am-2pm

  • Weekends and public holidays:
UnstaffedStation codeWTHWebsiteTransport for NSWHistoryOpened9 March 1858Passengers2023[2]
  • 102,740 (year)
  • 281 (daily)[1] (Sydney Trains, NSW TrainLink)
Services
Preceding station 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.

History

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

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]

Platform Line Stopping pattern Notes
1
HUN
services to Newcastle [5]
2
HUN
services to Maitland, Telarah, Dungog, Singleton, Muswellbrook & Scone [5]
  • Looking east from the footbridge
    Looking east from the footbridge
  • Entrance on Platt Street
    Entrance on Platt Street
  • Platform 2
    Platform 2

Transport links

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

References

  1. ^ This figure is the number of entries and exits of a year combined averaged to a day.
  2. ^ "Train Station Monthly Usage". Open Data. Retrieved 26 January 2024.
  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. ^ a b c "Hunter line timetable". Transport for NSW.
  6. ^ "Newcastle Transport route 24". Transport for NSW.

External links

  • Media related to Waratah railway station at Wikimedia Commons
  • Waratah station details Transport for New South Wales
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