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Upon completion, freight trains are to pass through the yard area at 80 kilometres per hour (50 mph), improving travel times. In March 2009, duplication of the Main Northern line reached Muswellbrook station, the completion of a project to upgrade the line to double track between Antiene and Muswellbrook to improve coal haulage capacity. [11] [12]
Singleton has one platform. It is serviced by NSW TrainLink Hunter Line services travelling between Newcastle, Muswellbrook and Scone. [7] For a number of years in the 1980s, the passenger services were replaced by road coaches while the line was upgraded. Rail services were restored on 14 March 1988. [8]
It was moved to its current alignment in 1872 and took the name of Newcastle in 1935 when Wickham and Civic stations opened. A mortuary station opened in 1883 to serve trains departing for Sandgate Cemetery. It closed on 1 April 1933. [4] A large goods yard, the Newcastle Goods yard was constructed east of Newcastle station in 1858. This was ...
General information; Location: Warabrook Boulevard, Warabrook Australia: Coordinates: Owned by: Transport Asset Holding Entity: Operated by: NSW TrainLink: Line(s) Main Northern
The Main North Line (also known as the Great Northern Railway) is a major railway in New South Wales, Australia, running from Strathfield in Sydney to Armidale.. The 1980s saw the line closed progressively north of Armidale; passenger services north of Tamworth were cancelled in 1990 but were reintroduced as far as the former two years later.
Muswellbrook railway station is served by local (Newcastle to Scone) and long-distance rail (Sydney to Armidale and Moree) services. [22] Interstate coaches and local bus services also call at the station. Muswellbrook lies at the junction of the Main Northern railway line and the Merriwa line, part of a cross country rail line to Gulgong. [23]
The stages correspond to the 5 ETS sections, numbered from Muswellbrook to Gulgong. The 4th stage, to Ulan, was completed in May 2008. [6] This extends CTC to the westernmost coal mine on the line, covering the majority of train movements on the line. Progress at upgrading the signaling by ARTC was criticised as slow and causing bottlenecks.
VIAs Toronto-Ottawa trains runs along the line to Brockville, where it splits off and heads north. The Toronto-Montreal train runs along the whole line. In fact, many say that VIA trains run along the line more than CN freight trains. The most used station on the line is Kingston, due to Montreal, and Toronto stations being on their own ...