Singleton railway station, New South Wales

32°34′19″S 151°09′55″E / 32.571821°S 151.165352°E / -32.571821; 151.165352Owned byTransport Asset Holding EntityOperated byNSW TrainLinkLine(s)Main NorthernDistance238.89 kilometres from CentralPlatforms1Tracks3ConnectionsBusConstructionStructure typeGroundAccessibleYesOther informationStatus

• Weekdays:

Staffed: 6.15am-2.15pm

• Weekends and public holidays:

UnstaffedStation codeSIXWebsiteTransport for NSWHistoryOpened7 May 1863ElectrifiedNoPassengers2023^[2]

• 16,680 (year)
• 46 (daily)^[1] (Sydney Trains, NSW TrainLink)

Services

Preceding station	NSW TrainLink			Following station
Muswellbrook towards Scone		Hunter Line		Branxton towards Newcastle Interchange
Muswellbrook towards Moree or Armidale		NSW TrainLink North Western Line		Maitland towards Sydney

Singleton railway station is a heritage-listed railway station located on the Main Northern line in New South Wales, Australia. It serves the town of Singleton. It was added to the New South Wales State Heritage Register on 2 April 1999.^[3]

History

The station opened on 7 May 1863.^[4]

The original, listed 1863 John Whitton brick station building remains. It opened as the terminus of the Great Northern Railway when it was extended from Branxton. In 1869, Singleton lost its terminus status when the line was extended north to Muswellbrook. It had a freight yard including locomotive servicing facilities. The line from Whittingham was duplicated in 1951.^[5]

Singleton was the stabling point for the last regular steam locomotive passenger service in Australia, a peak hour service to Newcastle that ceased in July 1971.^[6]

Platforms and services

Singleton has one platform. It is serviced by NSW TrainLink Hunter Line services travelling between Newcastle and Muswellbrook/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 is also served by NSW TrainLink Xplorer services from Sydney to Armidale and Moree.^[9]

• 
  Southbound view on platform
• 
  Northbound view on platform

Platform	Line	Stopping pattern	Notes
1	HUN	services to Newcastle, Muswellbrook & Scone	[7]
	North Western Region	services to Armidale/Moree & Sydney Central	[9]

Transport links

Hunter Valley Buses operates five bus routes via Singleton station, under contract to Transport for NSW:

• 180: Stockland Green Hills to Singleton Heights via Maitland^[10]
• 180x: Maitland station express^[11]
• 401: Singleton Town Circuit^[12]
• 403: to Hunterview^[13]
• 404: to Singleton Heights^[14]

Description

The station complex consists of the second-class brick station buildings (1863) and pre-cast concrete type K signal box (1926). The platforms are brick, with early use of ramped beds, and pre-cast concrete at the north end. A jib crane also remains within the station precinct.^[3]

Heritage listing

Singleton is significant as the oldest surviving station building in the Hunter Valley fronting a major civic square in the town, displaying fine brickwork and detailing. The scale of the building is large in comparison to the buildings of similar period in the area. The awning is a later addition c. 1910. The pre-cast concrete signal box being a late addition is typical of its time and came due to upgrading of signalling.^[3]

Singleton railway station was listed on the New South Wales State Heritage Register on 2 April 1999.^[3]

References

Attribution

This Wikipedia article contains material from Singleton Railway Station group, entry number 1246 in the New South Wales State Heritage Register published by the State of New South Wales (Department of Planning and Environment) 2018 under CC-BY 4.0 licence, accessed on 13 October 2018.

External links

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