The Hunter Line (HUN) is an

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service running from

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, with two branches to Dungog and

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in the

Hunter Region The Hunter Region, also commonly known as the Hunter Valley, Newcastle Region, or simply Hunter, spans the region in northern New South Wales, Australia, extending from approximately to north of Sydney. It contains the Hunter River (New Sout ...

of New South Wales, Australia. It operates on the

, Main North and North Coast lines.

Description of Route

Hunter Line services operate from

on the Newcastle branch line to Islington Junction, the Main North Line between Islington Junction and

, 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

and Telarah, with infrequent services to Dungog and Singleton,

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and

. Services are operated by Endeavour and

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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. Diesel locomotive hauled services operated until replaced by 620/720 and 660/760 class railcars in 1984. The line was truncated to terminate at

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from 5 January 2015.Upcoming transport changes in Newcastle
Transport Info NSW 8 December 2014 It was extended to Newcastle Interchange when this opened on 15 October 2017. Trains that service the line have two carriages, while some peak hour services have four carriages.

Stations

Patronage

References

{{Authority control NSW TrainLink Sydney Trains Rail transport in the Hunter Region Standard-gauge railways in Australia