Thornton, New South Wales

Thornton is a suburb in the City of Maitland, New South Wales, Australia. It is bisected by the New England Highway.

Post code 2322, including Thornton, Beresfield, Tarro and Hexham, had a population of 14,654 in 2001.^[1]

Transport

Thornton railway station opened in 1871.^[2] Thornton is serviced by Hunter Line trains of the NSW TrainLink network. Regular services take passengers East to Newcastle (18 minutes for the express) and West to Maitland. Less regular services also take passengers West to the Hunter Valley as far as Scone and North to Dungog. ^[3]

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

A new industrial estate and increased residential subdivisions 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.

References

↑ "2322 (Postal Area of Enumeration)". 2001 Census QuickStats. Australian Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 2006-11-23.
↑ "www.nswrail.net". Retrieved 2006-10-26.
↑ http://www.sydneytrains.info/stations/station_details?stationId=321

Coordinates: 32°47′S 151°38.5′E / 32.783°S 151.6417°E / -32.783; 151.6417

Towns, suburbs and localities of the City of Maitland, Hunter Region, New South Wales

Towns, suburbs and localities	Aberglasslyn Allandale Anambah Ashtonfield Berry Park Bishops Bridge Bolwarra Bolwarra Heights Buchanan Chisholm Dalwood Duckenfield East Maitland Farley Gillieston Heights Gosforth Greenhills Greta Harpers Hill Hillsborough Horseshoe Bend Lambs Valley Largs Lochinvar Lorn Louth Park Luskintyre Maitland Maitland North Maitland Vale Melville Metford Millers Forest Mindaribba Morpeth Mount Dee Oakhampton Oakhampton Heights Oswald Phoenix Park Pitnacree Raworth Rosebrook Rutherford South Maitland Telarah Tenambit Thornton Tocal Windella Windermere Woodberry Woodville

Other places and points of interest	Hunter River Maitland Gaol Paterson River Walka Water Works

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