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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]
The final service was hauled from Newcastle to Singleton on 24 July 1971 by 3246. [2] Diesel locomotive hauled services operated until replaced by 620/720 and 660/760 class railcars in 1984. The line was truncated to terminate at Hamilton from 5 January 2015. [3] It was extended to Newcastle Interchange when this opened on 15 October 2017.
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.
Newcastle Interchange is a transport interchange serving the city of Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia.It serves as the terminus for Central Coast & Newcastle Line and Hunter Line train services, Newcastle Light Rail services and Newcastle Transport bus routes.
Newcastle Transport operates one bus route via Waratah station, under contract to Transport for NSW: 24: Wallsend to Marketown via Jesmond, University of Newcastle, Waratah, Carrington & Newcastle Interchange [6]
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.