Telarah railway station is located on the North Coast line in New South Wales, Australia. It serves the western Maitland suburb of Telarah. It is served by NSW TrainLink Hunter Line services.
Telarah | ||||||||||||||||
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 Southbound view of Platform 1, November 2022 | ||||||||||||||||
| General information | ||||||||||||||||
| Location | Johnson Street, Telarah Australia | |||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 32°43′24″S 151°32′23″E / 32.723454°S 151.539775°E | |||||||||||||||
| Owned by | Transport Asset Holding Entity | |||||||||||||||
| Operated by | NSW TrainLink | |||||||||||||||
| Line(s) | North Coast | |||||||||||||||
| Distance | 194.74 km (121.01 mi) from Central | |||||||||||||||
| Platforms | 1 | |||||||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | |||||||||||||||
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| Structure type | Ground | |||||||||||||||
| Accessible | Yes | |||||||||||||||
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| Status |
Staffed: 5.45am–9.45am, 2pm–6pm
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| Station code | TLR | |||||||||||||||
| Website | Transport for NSW | |||||||||||||||
| History | ||||||||||||||||
| Opened | 14 August 1911 | |||||||||||||||
| Previous names | West Maitland Marshalling Yard (1911–1922) | |||||||||||||||
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The station opened on 14 August 1911 as West Maitland Marshalling Yard before being renamed Telarah on 15 April 1922.[3]
On 18 January 2018 a freight train derailed at the station on track 2; no one was injured.
Platforms and services
editTelarah consists of a single platform. It is serviced by NSW TrainLink Hunter Line services from Newcastle. Most services terminate at Telarah with a limited number continuing to Dungog.[4]
Just north of the station, the North Coast line becomes single track. Both lines from Maitland are signalled for bidirectional working with trains able to arrive or leave via either line. A disused freight yard is located south of the station. It is also north of the station where the North Coast Line and the Main North Line separate.
| Platform | Line | Stopping pattern | Notes |
| 1 | services to Dungog & Newcastle | [4] |
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The single platform -
Station building
References
edit- ^ This figure is the number of entries and exits of a year combined averaged to a day.
- ^ "Train Station Monthly Usage". Open Data. Retrieved 26 January 2024.
- ^ Telarah station NSWrail.net
- ^ a b "Hunter line timetable". Transport for NSW.
External links
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Media related to Telarah railway station at Wikimedia Commons- Telarah station details Transport for New South Wales
