High Street railway station, New South Wales

Railway station in New South Wales, Australia

32°44′29″S 151°33′50″E / 32.741457°S 151.563917°E / -32.741457; 151.563917Owned byTransport Asset Holding EntityOperated byNSW TrainLinkLine(s)Main NorthernDistance191.41 kilometres from CentralPlatforms2 (1 island)Tracks4ConnectionsBusConstructionStructure typeGroundOther informationStation codeHGHWebsiteTransport for NSWHistoryOpened27 May 1856Passengers2023[2]
  • 10,010 (year)
  • 27 (daily)[1] (Sydney Trains, NSW TrainLink)
Services
Preceding station NSW TrainLink Following station
Maitland
towards Telarah or Scone
Hunter Line East Maitland
towards Newcastle Interchange

High Street railway station is located on the Main Northern line in New South Wales, Australia. It serves the High Street area of Maitland opening on 27 May 1856.[3]

High Street formerly had a wooden structure on the footbridge, however this was destroyed by fire in 1987 and replaced with a waiting shelter on the platform.[4] Only the eastern half of the platform remains in use, with the western part fenced off.

Platforms and services

High Street has one island platform with two faces. It is serviced by NSW TrainLink Hunter Line services travelling between Newcastle, Maitland and Telarah. It is also serviced by one early morning service to Scone.[5]

Platform Line Stopping pattern Notes
1
HUN
services to Newcastle [5]
2
HUN
services to Maitland & Telarah 1 early morning service to Scone[5]

Transport links

Hunter Valley Buses operates four bus routes via High Street station, under contract to Transport for NSW:

References

  1. ^ This figure is the number of entries and exits of a year combined averaged to a day.
  2. ^ "Train Station Monthly Usage". Open Data. Retrieved 26 January 2024.
  3. ^ High Street Station NSWrail.net
  4. ^ "Station News – North" Railway Digest February 1988 page 50
  5. ^ a b c "Hunter line timetable". Transport for NSW.
  6. ^ "Hunter Valley Buses route 181". Transport for NSW.
  7. ^ "Hunter Valley Buses route 183". Transport for NSW.
  8. ^ "Hunter Valley Buses route 184". Transport for NSW.
  9. ^ "Hunter Valley Buses route 185". Transport for NSW.

External links

  • Media related to High Street railway station at Wikimedia Commons
  • High Street station details Transport for New South Wales
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