Paterson railway station, New South Wales

Railway station in New South Wales, Australia

32°36′09″S 151°36′53″E / 32.602414°S 151.614667°E / -32.602414; 151.614667Owned byTransport Asset Holding EntityOperated byNSW TrainLinkLine(s)North CoastDistance213.22 km (132.49 mi) from CentralPlatforms1Tracks2ConstructionStructure typeGroundOther informationStation codePTRWebsiteTransport for NSWHistoryOpened14 August 1911Passengers2023^[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

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
1	HUN	services to Dungog & Newcastle (3–5 per day)	^[5]

Transport links

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

^ 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.
^ Paterson Railway Precinct Archived 5 March 2014 at the Wayback Machine NSW Environment & Heritage
^ Paterson Station Archived 29 September 2012 at the Wayback Machine NSWrail.net
^ ^a ^b "Hunter line timetable". Transport for NSW.
^ "NSW Station Stories" Railway Digest November 2023 page 42
^ History of the Rail Motor Society Archived 12 May 2013 at the Wayback Machine Rail Motor Society
^ "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

Paterson Station details Transport for New South Wales

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
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
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 Newcastle Art Gallery

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

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Broadmeadow Aerodrome

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Newcastle Boys' High School

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1989 Newcastle earthquake

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General	Broadmeadow Locomotive Depot Hunter Valley Railway Trust Hunter Valley Steamfest Murulla rail accident Richmond Vale Railway Museum
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Railway stations	Allandale Antiene Belford Blackalls Park Civic Dingadee Farley Grasstree Minimbah Newcastle Ravensworth Toronto Whittingham Wickham
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Lindeman's

World War II

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
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Air	Cessnock Airport Maitland Airport Newcastle Airport Scone Airport
Ferry	Stockton ferry service
Light rail	Newcastle Light Rail

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Electricity generation	Bayswater Power Station Eraring Power Station Lake Liddell Liddell Power Station Redbank Power Station Teralba Colliery Vales Point Power Station
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

Transport for NSW railway stations

Sydney Trains services and stations

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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