Hexham railway station, New South Wales

Hexham railway station is located on the Main Northern line in New South Wales, Australia. It serves the western Newcastle suburb of Hexham, and was opened on 1 August 1871.[2]

Hexham
Eastbound view in August 2006
General information
LocationPacific Highway, Hexham
Australia
Coordinates32°49′45″S 151°41′03″E
Owned byTransport Asset Holding Entity
Operated byNSW TrainLink
Line(s)Main Northern
Distance175.53 kilometres from Central
Platforms2 (1 island)
Tracks4
Construction
Structure typeGround
Other information
Station codeHXM
WebsiteTransport for NSW
History
Opened1 August 1871
Rebuilt1990s
Passengers
201350 (daily)[1] (Sydney Trains, NSW TrainLink)
Rank264
Services
Preceding station NSW TrainLink Following station
Tarro
towards Telarah or Scone
 Hunter Line Sandgate
towards Newcastle Interchange

Hexham originally had a substantial brick platform building; however, this was demolished in May 1993 and replaced with a lightweight bus-shelter type structure.[3] The station has a full-length island platform; however, the eastern end has been fenced off to a shorter two carriage train length.

Until 1987, the Richmond Vale's exchange sidings were located opposite Hexham station.

In November 2014, the Australian Rail Track Corporation completed a project that saw the westbound coal road relocated further south to make way for five 1,800 metre passing loops.[4][5][6][7][8]

South of the coal road, Aurizon have a locomotive depot.[9]

Platforms and services

Hexham 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.[10]

Platform Line Stopping pattern Notes
1 services to Newcastle [10]
2 services to Maitland & Telarah 1 early morning service to Scone[10]

References
  1. Bureau of Transport Statistics. "Train Statistics 2014" (PDF). Transport NSW. Retrieved 15 July 2018.
  2. Hexham Station NSWrail.net
  3. "Infrastructure" Railway Digest June 1993 page 246
  4. " Hunter Valley Coal Chain – Rail developments at Hexham, NSW" Railway Digest January 2013 page 36
  5. Reducing coal train congestion at Newcastle Port Australian Rail Track Corporation 25 October 2013
  6. "Construction begins on Hexham Relief Road Project" Railway Digest December 2013 page 12
  7. Hexham Relief Roads Project Construction Environmental Management Plan Archived 7 March 2014 at the Wayback Machine Upper Hunter Valley Alliance
  8. "ARTC undertakes Hexham Relief Road works and Gunnedah Yard remodelling" Railway Digest January 2015 page 12
  9. "Signaling & infrastructure" Railway Digest February 2015 page 44
  10. "Hunter line timetable". Transport for NSW.
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