Paterson railway station is located on the North Coast line in New South Wales, Australia. It serves the town of Paterson. It is serviced by NSW TrainLink Hunter line services travelling between Newcastle and Dungog. The station opened on 14 August 1911, and its original wooden station building is still in place.[3][4]
Paterson | |||||||||||
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| Location | Railway Lane, Paterson Australia | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 32°36′09″S 151°36′53″E / 32.602414°S 151.614667°E | ||||||||||
| Owned by | Transport Asset Holding Entity | ||||||||||
| Operated by | NSW TrainLink | ||||||||||
| Line(s) | North Coast | ||||||||||
| Distance | 213.22 km (132.49 mi) from Central | ||||||||||
| Platforms | 1 | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||
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| Structure type | Ground | ||||||||||
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| Station code | PTR | ||||||||||
| Website | Transport for NSW | ||||||||||
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| Opened | 14 August 1911 | ||||||||||
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Platforms and services edit
Paterson station consists of a single platform. It is serviced by NSW TrainLink Hunter line services travelling between Newcastle and Dungog. There are five services in each direction on weekdays, with three on weekends and public holidays.[5]
Opposite the platform is a 1,820 metre crossing loop. In the mid-1980s, the Rail Motor Society established its base on the site of the former freight yard opposite the station.[6][7]
| Platform | Line | Stopping pattern | Notes |
| 1 | services to Dungog & Newcastle (3–5 per day) | [5] |
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Transport links edit
Hunter Valley Buses operates one bus route via Paterson station, under contract to Transport for NSW:[8]
- 185: Largs to Maitland via Bolwarra & Lorn
References edit
- ^ This figure is the number of entries and exits of a year combined averaged to a day.
- ^ "Train Station Monthly Usage". Open Data. Retrieved 26 January 2024.
- ^ Paterson Railway Precinct Archived 5 March 2014 at the Wayback Machine NSW Environment & Heritage
- ^ Paterson Station Archived 29 September 2012 at the Wayback Machine NSWrail.net
- ^ a b "Hunter line timetable". Transport for NSW.
- ^ "NSW Station Stories" Railway Digest November 2023 page 42
- ^ History of the Rail Motor Society Archived 12 May 2013 at the Wayback Machine Rail Motor Society
- ^ "185 bus timetable: Largs to Maitland via Bolwarra & Lorn" (PDF). Transport for NSW. 25 September 2023. Archived (PDF) from the original on 25 September 2023. Retrieved 25 September 2023.
External links edit
- Paterson Station details Transport for New South Wales