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Services run regularly between Newcastle and Telarah, with infrequent services to Dungog and Singleton, Muswellbrook and Scone. [1] Services are operated by Endeavour and Hunter railcars. Until 2007, 620/720 class railcars operated the service. The line was the last in Australia to have a regular steam hauled passenger service.
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]
Scone (/ s k oʊ n /) [a] is a town in the Upper Hunter Shire in the Hunter Region of New South Wales, Australia.At the 2021 census, Scone had a population of 5,013 people. [3] It is on the New England Highway north of Muswellbrook about 270 kilometres (167.77 miles) north of Sydney, and is part of the New England (federal) and Upper Hunter (state) electorates. [4]
Aberdeen is on the Main North railway line, and is serviced by a daily Xplorer long-distance service in each direction between Sydney and Armidale, as well as two/three local services in each direction between Scone and Newcastle. Osborn’s Buses runs a bus service between Aberdeen, Scone and Muswellbrook.
towards Dungog or Scone Warabrook railway station is located on the Main Northern line in New South Wales , Australia. It serves the western Newcastle suburb of Warabrook and the University of Newcastle , opening on 23 October 1995.
Kurt Barnes (born 1981), a professional golfer, was born and raised in Muswellbrook [38] Brooke Boney (born 1987), entertainment reporter on the Nine Network's breakfast program Today; James Clifford (1936–1987), an artist, was born and raised in Muswellbrook [39] Tommy Emmanuel AM (born 1955), a virtuoso guitarist, was born in Muswellbrook [40]
[2] [3] At a public meeting for the company's establishment in 1853, William Charles Wentworth envisioned the line's extension to Scone up north and Sydney down south. [4] The line was then extended to Victoria Street, Maitland in 1858. It was extended to Singleton in 1863, Muswellbrook in 1869, Scone in 1871 and Murrurundi in 1872.
Muswellbrook railway station is a heritage-listed railway station located on the Main Northern line in Muswellbrook, New South Wales, Australia. The station serves the town of Muswellbrook and was designed by John Whitton, the Chief Engineer of NSW Railways. It is also known as Muswellbrook Railway Station and yard group and Musclebrook Railway ...