Hunter Line

Australia’s last regular steam passenger trains ran here until July 1971. Railcars now take the Hunter River Railway Company’s line of 1857 up the valley from Newcastle to Scone.

Stations

1. 0 kmScone Station
2. 14 kmAberdeen Station
3. 26 kmMuswellbrook Station
4. 75 kmSingleton Station
5. 99 kmBranxton
6. 103 kmGreta
7. Show 9 more stations

   1. 112 kmLochinvar
   2. 122 kmMaitland Station
   3. 123 kmHigh Street
   4. 125 kmEast Maitland
   5. 126 kmVictoria Street
   6. 129 kmMetford
   7. 132 kmThornton Station
   8. 134 kmBeresfield
   9. 136 kmTarro
8. 139 kmHexham
9. 144 kmSandgate
10. 146 kmWarabrook
11. 148 kmWaratah Station
12. 152 kmNewcastle Interchange

The stations OpenStreetMap lists for this service, in order, with the distance along the line as drawn here. A train may skip some of them.

How this line was checked

• Line drawn from OpenStreetMap relation 8406938 — the same nodes OpenStreetMap holds for this railway, thinned to within under 25 m of them
• Checked against OpenStreetMap: the whole line lies on real track, a median 4 m from it
• The operator publishes this line's timetable: NSW TrainLink — a place to look it up, not a check of our drawing
• Wikipedia has an article for this line

Questions and answers

How long is the Hunter Line?

The Hunter Line runs 151 km from Scone to Newcastle.

How long does the Hunter Line take?

The fastest scheduled journey is ≈ 1 h 50 min for the 151 km. That is an average of 82 km/h end to end.

Who runs the Hunter Line?

NSW TrainLink, with Hunter & Endeavour railcars.

How old is the Hunter Line?

The line has been in service since 1857. That is the year the atlas dates it from: for a modern brand running over an older railway, it is the railway's date, not the brand's.

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