Scone railway station
railway station in Upper Hunter LGA, New South Wales, Australia
Scone railway station is a heritage-listed railway station located on the Main Northern line in Scone, New South Wales, Australia. The station serves the town of Scone and opened on 17 April 1871. The property was added to the New South Wales State Heritage Register on 2 April 1999.
Station configuration
The station has a single platform and a passing loop. The original John Whitton 1871 brick building remains. In June 2014 the layout was reconfigured with the former loop becoming the main line and the platform line the loop.
The complex includes a type 4[note 1] brick second class station building, erected in 1871; a standard timber skillion roof type 3 signal box; and an outshed. Other structures include a brick platform face, completed in 1871; a jib crane; and a former goods loading facility.
Platforms and services
Scone is the terminating point for Sydney Trains Hunter Line services from Newcastle and a stopping point for NSW TrainLink Xplorer services from Sydney to Armidale and Moree.
The Hunter services were introduced by CityRail in September 1990.
The public source identifies “Scone railway station” as railway station in Upper Hunter LGA, New South Wales, Australia. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Scone, railway and station.
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The strongest evidence will usually combine a dated visual record with documents produced by the authority responsible for the place. The source revision retrieved here is dated Aug 23, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q7434344. Authority coordinates are -32.047, 150.867. 2 of 2 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 1 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1871, 1999, 2014 and 1990.
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