Greta railway station, New South Wales

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Greta

Hunter Lines
Station code	GTA
Town	Greta
Street(s)	Nelson St
Distance from Central Station	203.3 km
Station Altitude (above sea level)	? m
Types of stopping trains	Regional
Number of platforms	2
Number of tracks	2
Platform arrangement	2 side
Type of station	Ground
Ticket barriers	No
Transfers available	-
Disabled access	No
Station facilities	Link

Greta is a railway station serving the town of Greta and its surrounding area, in the Hunter Valley area of New South Wales, Australia. It is part of Sydney CityRail's regional network, on the Scone branch of the Hunter Line.

The station has two short platforms that serve the diesel railcars that use the line. They are connected by a footbridge, and there is no disabled access to the station.

[edit] Platforms/Service

The station serves the Scone branch of the Hunter Valley line, which is only served by 4 trains a day each way on weekdays (3 to Scone and 1 to Muswellbrook heading north west, and 4 to Newcastle heading east). On weekends there are only 2 services each way to Scone and Newcastle in the morning and evening.

Platform 1

Hunter Lines - regional limited stops services to Newcastle.

Platform 2

Hunter Lines - regional all stations services to Muswellbrook and Scone.

[edit] Neighbouring stations

Historically, the next inbound station was Allandale, however that station has been unofficially closed since 2002, and services suspended until further notice since 2005.