Scone railway station

Scone railway station is a heritage-listed railway station located on the Main Northern line in Scone, in the Upper Hunter Shire local government area of New South Wales, Australia. The station serves the town of Scone and opened on 17 April 1871.[2] The property was added to the New South Wales State Heritage Register on 2 April 1999.[3]

Scone
Southbound view in November 2006
General information
LocationSusan Street, Scone
Australia
Coordinates32°02′49″S 150°52′01″E
Owned byTransport Asset Holding Entity
Operated byNSW TrainLink
Line(s)Main Northern
Distance314.66 kilometres from Central
Platforms1
Tracks3
Construction
Structure typeGround
AccessibleYes
Other information
Station codeNSO
WebsiteTransport for NSW
History
Opened17 April 1871
Passengers
201320 (daily)[1] (Sydney Trains, NSW TrainLink)
Rank281
Services
Preceding station NSW TrainLink Following station
Terminus Hunter Line Aberdeen
towards Newcastle Interchange
Murrurundi
towards Moree or Armidale
 NSW TrainLink North Western Line Aberdeen
towards Sydney
Official nameScone Railway Station
TypeState heritage (built)
Designated2 April 1999
Reference no.1242
TypeRailway Platform/ Station
CategoryTransport – Rail

Station configuration

The station has one platform and a passing loop. The original John Whitton 1871 brick building remains.[4] In June 2014 the layout was reconfigured with the former loop becoming the main line and the platform line the loop.[5]

The complex includes a type 4[note 1] brick second class station building, erected in 1871; a standard timber skillion roof type 3 signal box; and an outshed. Other structures include a brick platform face, completed in 1871; a jib crane; and a former goods loading facility.[3]

The station c. 1900.

Platforms and services

Scone is the terminating point for NSW TrainLink's Hunter Line services from Newcastle and a stopping point for NSW TrainLink Xplorer services from Sydney to Armidale and Moree.[6][7]

The Hunter services were introduced by CityRail in September 1990.[8]

Hunter line services usually terminate at the southern end of the platform which is slightly raised. Xplorers use the full platform.

There are three local services to/from Newcastle on weekdays, with two per day on weekends and public holidays.

Platform Line Stopping pattern Notes
1 terminating services to & from Newcastle (2–3 per day) [6]
services to Armidale/Moree and Sydney Central[7]

Heritage listing

Scone station is a fine mid-Victorian station building dating from the opening of the line. The building is well detailed and of fine proportion, it forms part of a group of buildings on that section of the line all that date from the opening of the line and which form a very important group of railway buildings in the state. The building also forms an important civic group in the town and contributes greatly to its character. The station is a focal point of the northern approach to the town.[3]

Scone railway station was listed on the New South Wales State Heritage Register on 2 April 1999 having satisfied the following criteria.[3]

The place possesses uncommon, rare or endangered aspects of the cultural or natural history of New South Wales.

This item is assessed as historically rare. This item is assessed as arch. rare. This item is assessed as socially rare.[3]

Notes
  1. ^ RailCorp s170 study reveals this to be type 3.

References
  1. Bureau of Transport Statistics. "Train Statistics 2014" (PDF). Transport NSW. Retrieved 15 July 2018.
  2. Scone Station NSWrail.net
  3. "Scone Railway Station". New South Wales State Heritage Register. Department of Planning & Environment. H01242. Retrieved 2 June 2018. Text is licensed by State of New South Wales (Department of Planning and Environment) under CC-BY 4.0 licence.
  4. "Scone Railway Precinct". New South Wales State Heritage Register. Department of Planning & Environment. Retrieved 6 July 2018. Text is licensed by State of New South Wales (Department of Planning and Environment) under CC-BY 4.0 licence.
  5. "Scone reconfiguration". Railway Digest: 13. August 2014.
  6. "Hunter line timetable". Transport for NSW.
  7. "North West timetable". NSW TrainLink. 7 September 2019.
  8. "CityRail train service extended to Scone" Railway Digest October 1990 page 342

Bibliography

Attribution

This Wikipedia article contains material from Scone Railway Station, entry number 01242 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 2 June 2018.

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