Paterson railway station, New South Wales

Railway station in New South Wales, Australia

Paterson

General information
Location| Railway Lane, Paterson
Australia
Coordinates| 32°36′09″S 151°36′53″E﻿ / ﻿32.602414°S 151.614667°E﻿ / -32.602414; 151.614667
Owned by| Transport Asset Holding Entity
Operated by| NSW TrainLink
Line(s)| North Coast
Distance| 213.22 km (132.49 mi) from Central
Platforms| 1
Tracks| 2
Construction
Structure type| Ground
Other information
Station code| PTR
Website| Transport for NSW
History
Opened| 14 August 1911
Passengers
2023[2]|

* 2,840 (year)
* 8 (daily)[1] (Sydney Trains, NSW TrainLink)

Services
| Preceding station  |  NSW TrainLink | Following station

|
|

Martins Creek

towards Dungog

|  | Hunter Line |  | Mindaribba

towards Newcastle Interchange

Paterson railway station is located on the North Coast line in New South Wales, Australia. It serves the town of Paterson. It is serviced by NSW TrainLink Hunter line services travelling between Newcastle and Dungog. The station opened on 14 August 1911, and its original wooden station building is still in place.[3][4]

## Platforms and services[edit]

Paterson station consists of a single platform. It is serviced by NSW TrainLink Hunter line services travelling between Newcastle and Dungog. There are five services in each direction on weekdays, with three on weekends and public holidays.[5]

Opposite the platform is a 1,820 metre crossing loop. In the mid-1980s, the Rail Motor Society established its base on the site of the former freight yard opposite the station.[6][7]

Platform | Line | Stopping pattern | Notes

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|
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1 |

HUN

| Endeavour/Hunter railcar services to Dungog & Newcastle (3–5 per day) | [5]

## Transport links[edit]

Hunter Valley Buses operates one bus route via Paterson station, under contract to Transport for NSW:[8]

* 185: Largs to Maitland via Bolwarra & Lorn

## References[edit]

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. ^ Paterson Railway Precinct Archived 5 March 2014 at the Wayback Machine NSW Environment & Heritage
4. ^ Paterson Station Archived 29 September 2012 at the Wayback Machine NSWrail.net
5. ^ a b "Hunter line timetable". Transport for NSW.
6. ^ "NSW Station Stories" Railway Digest November 2023 page 42
7. ^ History of the Rail Motor Society Archived 12 May 2013 at the Wayback Machine Rail Motor Society
8. ^ "185 bus timetable: Largs to Maitland via Bolwarra & Lorn" (PDF). Transport for NSW. 25 September 2023. Archived (PDF) from the original on 25 September 2023. Retrieved 25 September 2023.

## External links[edit]

* Paterson Station details Transport for New South Wales

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Significant places & items of interest in the Hunter Region of New South Wales

Commerce & industry

| Industry|

* Cardiff Locomotive Workshops
* Forgacs Shipyard
* Hunter Valley Coal Chain
* Hunter Valley wine
* Kia Ora Stud
* Kooragang Island
* Newcastle Steelworks
* Newcastle Port Corporation
* Tomago aluminium smelter

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Shopping|

* Charlestown Square
* Hunter Street
* Newcastle & Suburban Co-operative Society
* Stockland Glendale
* Stockland Green Hills
* Westfield Kotara

Other|

* Newcastle Government House

Education

| Primary|

* Avondale
* Hunter School of the Performing Arts
* Hunter Valley Grammar
* Kahibah Public
* Newcastle Grammar

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Secondary|

* All Saints College, Maitland
* Avondale
* Callaghan College
* Jesmond Senior
* Wallsend
* Waratah Technology
* Cessnock High
* Glendale Technology High
* Hunter River High
* Hunter School of the Performing Arts
* Hunter Valley Grammar
* Irrawang High
* Kotara High
* Lambton High
* Maitland Grossmann High
* Maitland High
* Merewether High
* Mount View High
* Newcastle Grammar
* Newcastle High
* Rutherford Technology High
* St Joseph's, Lochinvar
* Tomaree High
* Toronto High

Tertiary|

* Avondale College
* University of Newcastle

Entertainment, sport & culture

* Broadmeadow Basketball Stadium
* Circuit Italia
* Dungog Film Festival
* Hunter Valley Steamfest
* Newcastle Civic Theatre
* Newcastle Entertainment Centre
* Newcastle International Sports Centre
* Newcastle Number 1 Sports Ground
* Newcastle Regional Show
* Newcastle Street Circuit
* Newcastle 500
* Surfest

Geography

| General|

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

|

National parks
and nature reserves|

* Barrington Tops
* Black Bulga State Conservation Area
* Booti Booti
* Ghin-Doo-Ee
* Mount Royal
* Myall Lakes
* Tomaree
* Towarri
* Wallingat
* Watagans
* Werakata

* The Glen

Rivers|

* Allyn
* Avon
* Barrington
* Bow
* Bylong
* Chichester
* Gloucester
* Goulburn
* Hunter
* Karuah
* Manning
* Myall
* Pages
* Paterson
* Wangat
* Williams
* Worondi Rivulet

Historical

| Air transport|

* Broadmeadow Aerodrome

|

Defence|

* Fort Scratchley
* Greta Army Camp

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
* Hunter Valley Railway Trust
* Hunter Valley Steamfest
* Murulla rail accident
* Richmond Vale Railway Museum

|

Railway lines|

* Belmont
* Morpeth
* Fernleigh Track
* Richmond Vale Railway
* South Maitland Railway
* Toronto

Railway stations|

* Allandale
* Antiene
* Belford
* Blackalls Park
* Civic
* Dingadee
* Farley
* Grasstree
* Minimbah
* Newcastle
* Ravensworth
* Toronto
* Whittingham
* Wickham

Trams|

* Trams in Newcastle
* West Wallsend Steam Tram Line

Wine making|

* Lindemans (wine)

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

|

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
* Adamstown
* 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
* Busways
* Hunter Valley Buses
* Newcastle Transport
* Port Stephens Coaches
* 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
* Hit 106.9
* Maitland Mercury
* Newy 87.8 FM
* Nine Northern NSW
* New FM
* Port Stephens Examiner
* The Herald
* Triple M
* 2HD
* 2NUR

Other

| Defence|

* No. 26 Squadron RAAF
* RAAF Base Williamtown

|

General|

* Cessnock Correctional Centre
* Christ Church Cathedral

Health & medical research|

* Hunter Medical Research Institute
* John Hunter Hospital

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Transport for NSW railway stations

* List of Sydney Trains railway stations
* List of NSW TrainLink railway stations
* List of Sydney Metro stations
* List of closed Sydney railway stations

Sydney Trains services and stations

* North Shore & Western
* Inner West & Leppington
* Bankstown
* Eastern Suburbs & Illawarra
* Cumberland
* Olympic Park
* Airport & South
* Northern

Sydney Metro services and stations

* Metro North West Line

NSW TrainLink Intercity services and stations

Hunter Line|

* Newcastle Interchange
* Hamilton
* Waratah
* Warabrook
* Sandgate
* Hexham
* Tarro
* Beresfield
* Thornton
* Metford
* Victoria Street
* East Maitland
* High Street
* Maitland
* Telarah
* Mindaribba
* Paterson
* Martins Creek
* Hilldale
* Wallarobba
* Wirragulla
* Dungog
* Lochinvar
* Greta
* Branxton
* Singleton
* Muswellbrook
* Aberdeen
* Scone

* Blue Mountains
* Central Coast & Newcastle
* Hunter
* South Coast
* Southern Highlands

NSW TrainLink Regional services and stations

* North Coast Region
* North Western Region
* Southern Region
* Western Region

* Stations and services in italics are planned or under construction
* Stations in (parentheses) are uncommon stops for the listed service

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