Hunter Line

Australian commuter train line From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

The Hunter Line (HUN) is an intercity rail service running from Newcastle, with two branches to Dungog and Scone in the Hunter Region of New South Wales, Australia. It operates on the Newcastle, Main North and North Coast lines.

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Hunter Line
Overview
Service typeIntercity rail
LocaleHunter Region, New South Wales
Current operatorSydney Trains
Route
TerminiNewcastle Interchange
Dungog
Scone
Stops28
Lines usedNewcastle
Main North
North Coast
Technical
Rolling stockJ set Hunter railcar
N set Endeavour railcar
Track gauge1,435 mm (4 ft 8+12 in) standard gauge
Track ownerTransport Asset Manager of New South Wales
Timetable numberHUN
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HUN Hunter Line

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km from
Central

165.6
Newcastle Interchange
164.6
Hamilton
Limit of
electrification
166.0
Waratah
168.7
Warabrook
170.5
Sandgate
175.5
Hexham
178.2
Tarro
179.8
Beresfield
182.2
Thornton
185.1
Metford
187.9
Victoria Street
188.8
East Maitland
191.4
High Street
192.6
Maitland
194.7
Telarah
203.5
Mindaribba
213.2
Paterson
218.5
Martins Creek
226.4
Hilldale
231.7
Wallarobba
238.0
Wirragulla
245.2
Dungog
202.6
Lochinvar
210.8
Greta
215.6
Branxton
238.9
Singleton
288.8
Muswellbrook
300.7
Aberdeen
314.7
Scone
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Station
Interchange station
 Central Coast & Newcastle Line
 NSW TrainLink

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Description of route

Hunter Line services operate from Newcastle on the Newcastle branch line to Islington Junction, the Main North Line between Islington Junction and Scone, the North Coast Line between Maitland and Dungog. The Hunter Line shares its portion of the Main North Line and North Coast Line with NSW TrainLink North Western and North Coast regional services respectively.

Services

Services run regularly between Newcastle and Telarah, with infrequent services to Dungog and Singleton, Muswellbrook and Scone.[1] Services are operated by Endeavour and Hunter railcars.

Until 2007, 620/720 class railcars operated the service. The line was the last in Australia to have a regular steam hauled passenger service. The final service was hauled from Newcastle to Singleton on 24 July 1971 by 3246.[2] Diesel locomotive hauled services operated until replaced by 620/720 and 660/760 class railcars in 1984.

The line was truncated to terminate at Hamilton from 5 January 2015.[3] It was extended to Newcastle Interchange when this opened on 15 October 2017.

Rolling stock

Patronage

The following table shows the patronage of each line of the NSW TrainLink Intercity network for the year ending 30 June 2025, based on Opal tap on and tap off data.[4]

2024–25 NSW TrainLink Intercity patronage by line
6,482,450
12,051,510
778,193
7,155,584
515,035

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