Civic railway station was located on the Newcastle line in New South Wales, Australia. It served the Civic part of Newcastle's central business district, opening on 22 December 1935.[2][3] The station had the smallest signal box in the state to control the Merewether Street level crossing. The signal box closed in July 1992.[4] Civic station closed on 25 December 2014, when the Newcastle line was truncated to terminate at Hamilton for the construction of Newcastle Interchange and the Newcastle Light Rail.[5] Civic light rail stop is located in Hunter Street, immediately adjacent to the old station.
Civic | |
|---|---|
 Westbound view from Platform 1 in July 2013 | |
| General information | |
| Location | Hunter Street, Newcastle Australia |
| Coordinates | 32°55′36″S 151°46′20″E / 32.926572°S 151.772175°E |
| Owned by | Transport Asset Holding Entity |
| Line(s) | Newcastle |
| Distance | 167.02 kilometres from Central |
| Platforms | 2 side |
| Tracks | 2 |
| Construction | |
| Structure type | Ground |
| Accessible | Yes |
| Other information | |
| Station code | CVI |
| Website | Sydney Trains |
| History | |
| Opened | 22 December 1935 |
| Closed | 26 December 2014 |
| Electrified | Yes |
| Passengers | |
| 2013 | 890 (daily)[1] (NSW TrainLink) |
| Rank | 163 |
The station precinct was redeveloped into Museum Park, which opened in 2019; the area between the platforms was filled in and the station shelters and buildings (now occupied by the Newcastle Visitor Information Centre) preserved.
Platforms and services
editCivic had two side platforms that could accommodate six carriages. At the time of its closure, it was serviced by trains from Sydney Central to Newcastle[6] and local services from Newcastle to Maitland, Muswellbrook, Scone, Telarah and Dungog.[7]
Platform 1 was for services to Newcastle. Platform 2 was for services to Gosford, Sydney Central, Maitland, Telarah, Dungog, Muswellbrook and Scone.
In 2007, Platform 2 was extended at its western end to allow the Merewether Street level crossing to remain open while trains were stopped at the station.[8]
References
edit- ^ Bureau of Transport Statistics. "Train Statistics 2014" (PDF). Transport NSW. Retrieved 13 July 2018.
- ^ Civic Station NSWrail.net
- ^ Civic Railway Station Group Office of Environment & Heritage
- ^ Signalling & Safeworking Railway Digest September 1992 page 354
- ^ Last train leaves Newcastle station Archived 25 December 2014 at the Wayback Machine Newcastle Herald 26 December 2014
- ^ Central Coast & Newcastle line timetable NSW TrainLink 20 October 2013
- ^ Hunter line timetable NSW TrainLink 20 October 2013
- ^ Newcastle Rail Corridor Upgrade Projects NSW Premier's Office
External links
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Media related to Civic railway station at Wikimedia Commons