Civic railway station

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Civic
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Westbound view from Platform 1 in July 2013
General information
Location Hunter Street, Newcastle
Australia
Coordinates 32°55′36″S151°46′20″E / 32.926572°S 151.772175°E / -32.926572; 151.772175
Owned by Transport Asset Holding Entity
Line(s) Newcastle
Distance167.02 kilometres from Central
Platforms2 side
Tracks2
Construction
Structure typeGround
AccessibleYes
Other information
Station code CVI
Website Sydney Trains
History
Opened22 December 1935
Closed26 December 2014
ElectrifiedYes
Passengers
2013890 (daily) [1] (NSW TrainLink)
Rank163

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.

Contents

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

Civic 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]

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References

  1. ↑ Bureau of Transport Statistics. "Train Statistics 2014" (PDF). Transport NSW. Retrieved 13 July 2018.
  2. ↑ Civic Station NSWrail.net
  3. ↑ Civic Railway Station Group Office of Environment & Heritage
  4. ↑ Signalling & Safeworking Railway Digest September 1992 page 354
  5. ↑ Last train leaves Newcastle station Archived 25 December 2014 at the Wayback Machine Newcastle Herald 26 December 2014
  6. ↑ Central Coast & Newcastle line timetable NSW TrainLink 20 October 2013
  7. ↑ Hunter line timetable NSW TrainLink 20 October 2013
  8. ↑ Newcastle Rail Corridor Upgrade Projects NSW Premier's Office

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