Hexham railway station, New South Wales

Railway station in New South Wales, Australia

For the railway station in England, see Hexham railway station.

Hexham

Eastbound view of the station platforms,
August 2006

General information
Location| Pacific Highway, Hexham
Australia
Coordinates| 32°49′45″S 151°41′03″E﻿ / ﻿32.82908°S 151.684247°E﻿ / -32.82908; 151.684247
Owned by| Transport Asset Holding Entity
Operated by| NSW TrainLink
Line(s)| Main Northern
Distance| 175.53 kilometres (109.07 mi) from Central
Platforms| 2 (1 island)
Tracks| 4
Construction
Structure type| Ground
Accessible| No
Other information
Station code| HXM
Website| Transport for NSW
History
Opened| 1 August 1871
Rebuilt| 1990s
Passengers
2023[2]|

* 6,440 (year)
* 18 (daily)[1] (Sydney Trains, NSW TrainLink)

Services
| Preceding station  |  NSW TrainLink | Following station

|
|

Tarro

towards Telarah or Scone

|  | Hunter Line |  | Sandgate

towards Newcastle Interchange

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.[3]

The station has a full-length island platform; however, the eastern end has been fenced off to a shorter two carriage train length. South of the coal road, Aurizon have a locomotive depot.[4]

## History

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Hexham originally had a substantial brick platform building; however, this was demolished in May 1993 and replaced with a lightweight bus-shelter type structure.[5]

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.[6][7][8][9][10]

## Platforms and services

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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.[11]

Platform | Line | Stopping pattern | Notes

|
|
|

1 |

HUN

| services to Newcastle | [11]
2 |

HUN

| services to Maitland & Telarah | 1 early morning service to Scone[11]

## References

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

## External links

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* Media related to Hexham station at Wikimedia Commons
* Hexham station details Transport for New South Wales

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Commerce & industry

| Industry|

* Cardiff Locomotive Workshops
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Shopping|

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Other|

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Education

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Secondary|

* All Saints College, Maitland
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* Merewether High
* Mount View High
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* Rutherford Technology High
* St Joseph's, Lochinvar
* Tomaree High
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Tertiary|

* Avondale College
* University of Newcastle

Entertainment, sport & culture

* Broadmeadow Basketball Stadium
* Circuit Italia
* Dungog Film Festival
* Hunter Valley Steamfest
* Newcastle 500
* Newcastle Art Gallery
* Newcastle Civic Theatre
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* Newcastle International Sports Centre
* Newcastle Libraries
* Newcastle Museum
* Newcastle Number 1 Sports Ground
* Newcastle Show
* Newcastle Showground
* Newcastle Street Circuit
* Surfest

Geography

| General|

* Broughton Island
* Burning Mountain
* Cape Hawke
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* Lake Chichester
* Lake Macquarie
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* Mount Royal Range
* Mount Sugarloaf
* Port Stephens
* Stockton Beach
* Tops to Myall Heritage Trail

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National parks
and nature reserves|

* Barrington Tops
* Black Bulga State Conservation Area
* Booti Booti
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* Mount Royal
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* Towarri
* Wallingat
* Watagans
* Werakata

* The Glen

Rivers|

* Allyn
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* Chichester
* Gloucester
* Goulburn
* Hunter
* Karuah
* Manning
* Myall
* Pages
* Paterson
* Wangat
* Williams
* Worondi Rivulet

Historical

| Air transport|

* Broadmeadow Aerodrome

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Defence|

* Fort Scratchley
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Education|

* Newcastle Boys' High School

General|

* Greater Newcastle Act 1937
* History of Newcastle, New South Wales
* Hunter Valley cannabis infestation
* Lake Macquarie Petrified Forest
* Maitland Gaol
* Newcastle Museum
* Nobbys Head
* Royal Newcastle Hospital
* Tahlee historic property

Industry|

* Cockle Creek Power Station
* Cockle Creek Smelter
* Rothbury riot
* South Maitland coalfields
* South Waratah Colliery
* State Dockyard
* Teralba Colliery
* Walka Water Works
* Walsh Island Dockyard & Engineering Works
* Wangi Power Station

Maritime|

* Bluebell Collision
* Cawarra shipwreck
* Maianbar shipwreck
* MV Sygna shipwreck
* Nobbys Head Light
* Point Stephens Light

Natural disasters|

* 1989 Newcastle earthquake

Rail|

| General|

* Broadmeadow Locomotive Depot
* Fernleigh Track
* Hunter Valley Railway Trust
* Hunter Valley Steamfest
* Murulla rail accident
* Richmond Vale Railway Museum
* Wallsend Railway Goods Shed

|

Railway lines|

* Belmont
* Morpeth
* Richmond Vale Railway
* South Maitland Railway
* Toronto
* Wallsend

Railway stations|

* Allandale
* Antiene
* Belford
* Belmont
* Blackalls Park
* Cessnock
* Civic
* Dingadee
* Farley
* Grasstree
* Jewells
* Minimbah
* Mortuary
* Newcastle
* Ravensworth
* Toronto
* Whittingham
* Wickham
* Wingen

Trams|

* Trams in Newcastle
* West Wallsend Steam Tram Line

Wine making|

* Lindeman's

World War II|

* No. 2 Fighter Sector RAAF
* No. 208 Radar Station RAAF
* HMAS Assault
* Belmont Anti-Tank Ditch
* Lake Macquarie anti-submarine boom
* Newcastle Covering Force
* RAAF Base Rathmines
* Shelling of Newcastle

Infrastructure

| Transport|

| Road|

* Beaumont Street
* Bucketts Way
* Golden Highway
* Hunter Expressway
* New England Highway
* Newcastle Inner City Bypass
* Newcastle Link Road
* Pacific Highway
* Putty Road
* Sydney-Newcastle Freeway
* Thunderbolts Way

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Road bridges|

* Beckers
* Clarence Town
* Cooreei
* Dunmore
* Fitzgerald Bridge
* Glennies Creek
* Hexham
* Hinton
* Monkerai
* Morpeth
* Stockton
* Tea Gardens-Hawks Nest
* Vacy

Railway lines|

* Main North
* Newcastle

Railway stations|

* Aberdeen
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* Awaba
* Beresfield
* Booragul
* Branxton
* Broadmeadow
* Cardiff
* Cockle Creek
* Dora Creek
* Dungog
* East Maitland
* Fassifern
* Greta
* Hamilton
* Hexham
* High Street
* Hilldale
* Kotara
* Lochinvar
* Maitland
* Martins Creek
* Metford
* Mindaribba
* Morisset
* Muswellbrook
* Newcastle Interchange
* Paterson
* Sandgate
* Scone
* Singleton
* Tarro
* Telarah
* Teralba
* Thornton
* Victoria Street
* Wallarobba
* Warabrook
* Waratah
* Wirragulla
* Wyee

Bus|

* Bus routes
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* Rover Coaches
* Sid Fogg's

Air|

* Cessnock Airport
* Maitland Airport
* Newcastle Airport
* Scone Airport

Ferry|

* Stockton ferry service

Light rail|

* Newcastle Light Rail

Utilities|

| Electricity generation|

* Bayswater Power Station
* Eraring Power Station
* Lake Liddell
* Liddell Power Station
* Redbank Power Station
* Teralba Colliery
* Vales Point Power Station

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Water supply|

* Chichester Dam
* Glenbawn Dam
* Grahamstown Dam
* Lostock Dam
* Tillegra Dam proposal

Media

* ABC Newcastle
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* Newy 87.8 FM
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Other

| Defence|

* No. 26 Squadron RAAF
* RAAF Base Williamtown

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General|

* Cessnock Correctional Centre
* Christ Church Cathedral

Health & medical research|

* Hunter Medical Research Institute
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