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Metford
Metford is a suburb of the city of Maitland, New South Wales, Australia. It is on the New England Highway and has a railway station on NSW TrainLink's Hunter line. The line was opened in 1857, and the station was opened on 17 March 1995.''Brian Langton MLA''"Questions and Answers - 491: Railway Station Openings": New South Wales Legislative Assembly, ''Hansard'', 16 April 1996, p. 1006. Accessed January 7, 2008. Education There are two main schools in Metford, one being Metford Public School, a co-ed government primary school., and Maitland Christian School, a co-ed Baptist K-12 school. Heritage Listings Metford has some heritage listings, including: * Main Northern Railway: Metford railway station * McCubbin Close: Metford Skate Park Metford is a suburb of the city of Maitland, New South Wales, Australia. It is on the New England Highway New England Highway is an long highway in Australia running from Yarraman, north of Toowoomba, Queensland at its northern e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Metford Railway Station
Metford railway station is located on the Main Northern line in New South Wales, Australia. It serves Metford in the eastern suburbs of Maitland, opening on 17 March 1995. Platforms & services Metford has one island platform with two faces. It is serviced by NSW TrainLink Hunter Line services travelling from Newcastle to Maitland, Muswellbrook, Scone, Telarah and Dungog. File:Metford_railway_station_platforms.jpg, Eastbound view from island platform File:Metford_railway_station_entrance.jpg, Entrance on McCubbin Close Transport links Hunter Valley Buses operate one route via Metford station: *181: Woodberry to Rutherford Rutherford may refer to: Places Australia * Rutherford, New South Wales, a suburb of Maitland * Rutherford (Parish), New South Wales, a civil parish of Yungnulgra County Canada * Mount Rutherford, Jasper National Park * Rutherford, Edmonton ... References External links *Metford station detailsTransport for New South Wales {{Hunter Region ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Metford Skate Park
Metford is a suburb of the city of Maitland, New South Wales, Australia. It is on the New England Highway and has a railway station on NSW TrainLink's Hunter line. The line was opened in 1857, and the station was opened on 17 March 1995.''Brian Langton MLA''"Questions and Answers - 491: Railway Station Openings": New South Wales Legislative Assembly, ''Hansard'', 16 April 1996, p. 1006. Accessed January 7, 2008. Education There are two main schools in Metford, one being Metford Public School, a co-ed government primary school., and Maitland Christian School, a co-ed Baptist K-12 school. Heritage Listings Metford has some heritage listings, including: * Main Northern Railway: Metford railway station * McCubbin Close: Metford Skate Park Metford is a suburb of the city of Maitland, New South Wales, Australia. It is on the New England Highway New England Highway is an long highway in Australia running from Yarraman, north of Toowoomba, Queensland at its northern end ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hunter Railway Line
The Hunter Line is a commuter train line operated by NSW TrainLink, running from Newcastle to Dungog and Scone in the New South Wales Hunter Region. It operates on the Newcastle, Main North and North Coast lines. 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. 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 Newcas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maitland, New South Wales
Maitland () is a city in the Hunter Region, Lower Hunter Valley of New South Wales, Australia and the seat of Maitland City Council, situated on the Hunter River (New South Wales), Hunter River approximately by road north of Sydney and north-west of Newcastle, New South Wales, Newcastle. It is on the New England Highway approximately from its origin at Hexham, New South Wales, Hexham. At the it had approximately 78,015 Residency (domicile), inhabitants, spread over an area of , with most of the population located in a strip along the New England Highway between the suburbs of Rutherford and Metford respectively. The city centre is located on the right bank of the Hunter River, protected from moderate potential flooding by a levee. Surrounding areas include the cities of City of Cessnock, Cessnock and Singleton Council, Singleton Local government in Australia, local government areas. History The Wonnarua, Wonnarua People were the first known people of this land. They called ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
East Maitland, New South Wales
East Maitland is a suburb in the City of Maitland, New South Wales, Australia. It is on the New England Highway and it has two railway stations, Victoria Street (opened in 1857 with the Newcastle- Maitland line) and East Maitland (opened initially in 1858). Both stations are served by NSW TrainLink's Hunter Line. Hunter Valley Buses provides bus service. The Traditional Owners and Custodians of the Maitland area are the Wonnarua people. Commercial areas Green Hills is a major commercial district called which includes the large Stockland Green Hills and The Pavilion which features Aldi, Rebel, Repco and the East Maitland Library. There are also shops near Victoria Street railway station. Schools * St Joseph's Primary School a co-ed catholic primary school on 57 King Street * East Maitland Primary School a co-ed government primary on 32 William Street * Linuwel School an alternative co-ed private K-12 located on 133 Morpeth Street * Maitland High School (for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tenambit, New South Wales
Tenambit is a suburb of the city of Maitland, a city and local government area in the Hunter Region of New South Wales, Australia. It is located approximately east of the Maitland CBD. The suburb is on sloping ground, which decreases from approximately AMSL Height above mean sea level is a measure of the vertical distance (height, elevation or altitude) of a location in reference to a historic mean sea level taken as a vertical datum. In geodesy, it is formalized as '' orthometric heights''. The c ... in the west to AMSL at the eastern edge of the suburb. At the it had a population of approximately 2,900. St Egwin's Church St Egwin's is a church under the Anglican Diocese of Newcastle. It was erected c. 1890. Sport Rugby Union Tenambit is home to the East Maitland Eagles, who play in the Newcastle and Hunter Rugby Union. Their playing strip consists of red, blue and white. Reformed in 2007, the team reached the semi-finals in 2007, 2008 and 2009, also taking out ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chisholm, New South Wales
Chisholm is a suburb in the City of Maitland, New South Wales, Australia. It is north-northwest from Newcastle, and south-east from Maitland. The traditional owners and custodians of the Maitland area are the Wonnarua The Wonnarua people, otherwise written Wanarruwa, are a group of Aboriginal Australian people united by strong ties of kinship, and who survived in family groups or clans scattered along the inland area of what is now known as the Upper Hunter ... people. As at the 2016 Census, Chisholm had a population of almost 1,500. On 6 October 2011 it was announced that an additional 5,000 housing lots were to be released which estimated accommodation for an additional 15,000 residents. History Population In the 2016 Census, there were 1,461 people in Chisholm. 88.0% of people were born in Australia and 92.6% of people spoke only English at home. The most common responses for religion were Catholic 32.2%, Anglican 24.3% and No Religion 22.2%.{ Geography Ch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thornton, New South Wales
Thornton is a suburb in the City of Maitland, New South Wales, Australia. It is bisected by the New England Highway. Post code 2322, including Thornton, Beresfield, Tarro and Hexham, had a population of 14,654 in 2001. History The Traditional Owners and Custodians of the Maitland area are the Wonnarua people. The suburb takes its name from Thornton railway station. The station was originally known as ''Woodford'', but the name was changed to Thornton in 1887 and relocated to a new site in 1913.Thornton Railway Station NSW Environment & Heritage Transport Thornton railway station opened in 1871.[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ashtonfield, New South Wales
Ashtonfield is a suburb in the City of Maitland, New South Wales, Australia. It is the location of Ashtonfield Public School, est. in 2007 and the recently upgraded Stockland Greenhills. A new hospital, New Maitland Hospital is near completion near Goodguys & 7 Eleven Garage is now open to service new traffic expected. (September 2021). Population According to the 2016 census Sixteen or 16 may refer to: * 16 (number), the natural number following 15 and preceding 17 *one of the years 16 BC, AD 16, 1916, 2016 Films * ''Pathinaaru'' or ''Sixteen'', a 2010 Tamil film * ''Sixteen'' (1943 film), a 1943 Argentine film d ... of Population, there were 4,645 people in Ashtonfield. * Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people made up 3.1% of the population. * 84.5% of people were born in Australia and 88.1% of people only spoke English at home. * The most common responses for religion were Anglican 24.7%, Catholic 24.0% and No Religion 22.7%. Bloomfield Colliery Bloomfield i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New South Wales Legislative Assembly
The New South Wales Legislative Assembly is the lower of the two houses of the Parliament of New South Wales, an Australian state. The upper house is the New South Wales Legislative Council. Both the Assembly and Council sit at Parliament House in the state capital, Sydney. The Assembly is presided over by the Speaker of the Legislative Assembly. The Assembly has 93 members, elected by single-member constituency, which are commonly known as seats. Voting is by the optional preferential system. Members of the Legislative Assembly have the post-nominals MP after their names. From the creation of the assembly up to about 1990, the post-nominals "MLA" (Member of the Legislative Assembly) were used. The Assembly is often called ''the bearpit'' on the basis of the house's reputation for confrontational style during heated moments and the "savage political theatre and the bloodlust of its professional players" attributed in part to executive dominance. History The Legislative ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
NSW TrainLink
NSW TrainLink is a train and coach operator in Australia, providing services throughout New South Wales and the Australian Capital Territory, along with limited interstate services into Victoria, Queensland and South Australia. Its primary intercity and regional services are spread throughout five major rail lines, operating out of Sydney's Central railway station. NSW TrainLink was formed on 1 July 2013 when RailCorp was restructured and CountryLink was merged with the intercity services of CityRail. History In May 2012, the Minister for Transport announced a restructure of RailCorp. On 1 July 2013, NSW TrainLink took over (a) the operation of regional rail and coach services previously operated by CountryLink; (b) non-metropolitan Sydney services previously operated by CityRail; and (c) responsibility for the Main Northern railway line from Berowra railway station to Newcastle station, the Main Western railway line from Emu Plains railway station to Bathurst railwa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hunter Region
The Hunter Region, also commonly known as the Hunter Valley, is a region of New South Wales, Australia, extending from approximately to north of Sydney. It contains the Hunter River and its tributaries with highland areas to the north and south. Situated at the northern end of the Sydney Basin bioregion, the Hunter Valley is one of the largest river valleys on the NSW coast, and is most commonly known for its wineries and coal industry. Most of the population of the Hunter Region lives within of the coast, with 55% of the entire population living in the cities of Newcastle and Lake Macquarie. There are numerous other towns and villages scattered across the region in the eleven local government areas (LGAs) that make up the region. At the the combined population of the region was 682,465, and is expected to reach over 1,000,000 people by 2031. Under Australia's wine appellation system, the Hunter Valley wine zone Australian Geographical Indication (GI) covers the ent ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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