Thornton, New South Wales

Thornton is a suburb in the City of Maitland, New South Wales, Australia. It has a station (opened in 1871[1]) on CityRail's Hunter line. It is about 1 km north of the New England Highway.

Post code 2322, including Thornton, Beresfield, Tarro and Hexham, had a population of 14,654 in 2001.[2]

A new industrial estate and increased residential subdivisions have resulted in the RTA planning a major upgrade to the Weakleys Drive intersection, which was completed as of December 2008. DBT (Australia) opened their new complex here in December 2006.

Transport

Thornton is the junction for a colliery branch line leading to the Bloomfield Coal Loop, a balloon loop.

References

  1. ^ "www.nswrail.net". http://www.nswrail.net/locations/show.php?name=NSW:Thornton&line=NSW:main_north:0. Retrieved 2006-10-26. 
  2. ^ "2322 (Postal Area of Enumeration)". 2001 Census QuickStats. Australian Bureau of Statistics. http://www8.abs.gov.au/ABSNavigation/prenav/LocationSearch?locationLastSearchTerm=2322&locationSearchTerm=2322&newarea=POA2322&submitbutton=View+QuickStats+%3E&mapdisplay=on&areacode=POA2322&geography=&method=&productlabel=&producttype=QuickStats&navmapdisplayed=true&javascript=true&breadcrumb=PL&topholder=0&leftholder=0&currentaction=104&action=401&textversion=false&subaction=1. Retrieved 2006-11-23. 
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