Singleton railway station, New South Wales
- Singleton railway station, New South Wales
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servicearea=Hunter Line|servicearea_color=#Hunter line colour|servicearea_textcolor=white
code=SIX|town=Singleton|street=Munro St|distance=238.89|altitude=?|traintype=Regional
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Singleton is a railway station on the Main North Line of New South Wales, Australia, situated approximately 200 kilometres north of Sydney and 74 kilometres north-west of Newcastle. [Robinson's Road Atlas of Australia, Lansdowne Press, 1983] CityRail operates diesel self propelled railcars through Singleton as part of its Hunter Line regional service from Newcastle, and it is a stopping point for countryLink services. It serves the town of Singleton, New South Wales. It opened in 1863 as a terminus for the Main Northern Line from Newcastle, bringing great prosperity to the town before the line was extended further north in 1869. Historically, the next inbound is Belford, however this station was closed on 4 September, 2005.
Singleton Railway Station is listed on the Register of the National Estate. [The Heritage of Australia, Macmillan Company, 1981]
Platforms/Services
Currently there are with four services to and from Newcastle on weekdays (with two on weekends) and one to and from Sydney (operated by CountryLink).
Platform 1
*Hunter Valley line colour>Hunter Lines - regional services to Newcastle; regional services to Muswellbrook and Scone.
* Countrylink North Western - country services to Sydney (1 per day); country services to Armidale and Moree via Werris Creek (1 per day).
Transport Links
Hunter Valley Buses runs two routes via Singleton railway station:
*Route 182 - Between Rutherford and Singleton Heights.
*Route 401 - Singleton Town Circuit.
ee also
Neighbouring stations
References
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