Scone railway station

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Scone
Station statistics
Address Susan Street, Scone
New South Wales, Australia
Coordinates 32°02′49″S 150°52′01″E / 32.046881°S 150.866956°E / -32.046881; 150.866956Coordinates: 32°02′49″S 150°52′01″E / 32.046881°S 150.866956°E / -32.046881; 150.866956
Line(s) Main Northern line
Connections Bus
Distance 314.66 km (195.52 mi) from Central
Structure type Ground
Platforms 1 (1 side)
Tracks 3
Other information
Opened 1871
Accessible
Station code NSO
Owned by RailCorp
Operator NSW TrainLink
Website Scone
Services
Preceding station   NSW Main lines   Following station
towards Wallangarra
 Main North Line
towards Sydney
Preceding station   NSW TrainLink   Following station
Terminus Hunter Line
Main North Line
(Scone to Maitland)
towards Newcastle
towards Moree or Armidale
 NSW TrainLink North Western
towards Sydney

Scone Railway Station is located in the town of Scone, New South Wales, and lies on the Main North Line. It is 315 km from Sydney's Central (this makes Scone the farthest station from Sydney) and is the western terminus of the Main North branch of the Hunter Valley rail line. It is also served by NSW TrainLink Country services between Sydney and Armidale/Moree. It was opened on 17 April 1871.[1]

Station configuration

The station has one very long platform, and is on one side of the track. The other side is fenced off to separate the track from residential areas and the local youth club. The building itself is historic, and still features its original signage. Hunter trains usually park up along the other end of the platform where the platform is slightly raised, meaning passengers need to walk up along the platform to get onto the train. Country trains park towards the other end of the platform, alongside the station building.

The station carpark acts as a local public transport interchange, with buses using the station as a stop, especially during trackwork along the Hunter line. The station's toilets are closed, but there are toilets available in the nearby park and at the service station a few hundred metres away.

Platforms and services

The station, with a single platform, is mostly un-supervised, with usually three Hunter trains leaving the station each weekday (once in the early morning, twice after 6pm) and two trains during the weekends and public holidays (once in the morning, once at night) as well as one Country train in each direction daily. It also has no Hunter ticketing machines, which means travellers are required to purchase a ticket when they arrive at their location. Country tickets can be purchased from the local community centre. The Hunter services were introduced in September 1990 when part of the former CityRail network.[2]

Platform Line Stopping pattern Notes
1 Hunter Line terminating regional services, returning to Newcastle
NSW TrainLink North Western country services to Sydney (1 per day), Armidale and Moree (1 per day)

Gallery

  • Station in 1900

  • The station sign along the platform in the old style. New signage has also been installed.

  • The front of Scone Railway Station. All the doors are locked, and passengers must enter through the gate to the right of this building.

  • Disused ticketing booth at Scone Railway Station

  • This portion of the platform is where Hunter trains pick up and drop off passengers, towards the raised portion of the platform.

  • Another view of the Scone Railway Station's building. The men's toilets are locked, although toilet facilities are located in the nearby park.

  • The entry and exit gate at Scone Railway Station.

References

  1. ↑ Bozier, Rolfe, "New South Wales Railways: Scone Railway Station", 2000. Retrieved 20 April 2007.
  2. ↑ "CityRail train service extended to Scone" Railway Digest October 1990 page 342

External links

Sydney Trains lines and stations
NSW TrainLink Intercity lines and stations
Hunter Line
NSW TrainLink Regional / Interstate lines and stations
NSW TrainLink North Western Line
  •   NSW TrainLink Southern
  •   NSW TrainLink Western
  •   NSW TrainLink North Coast
  •   NSW TrainLink North Western
(stations in italics are under planning or under construction)
Under construction or planning: South West Rail Link, North West Rail Link
Significant places and items of interest in the Hunter Region of New South Wales
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