Victoria Street railway station, New South Wales

Location
	Victoria Street, East Maitland Location within New South Wales

Victoria Street
Victoria Street
	Westbound view of the station platforms, ; August 2006
General information
Location	Victoria Street, East Maitland ; Australia
Coordinates	32°45′03″S151°35′37″E / 32.750896°S 151.59373°E
Owned by	Transport Asset Holding Entity
Operated by	NSW TrainLink
Line(s)	Main Northern
Distance	187.92 km (116.77 mi) from Central
Platforms	2 (1 island)
Tracks	4 (2 passenger, 2 coal)
Connections	Bus
Construction
Structure type	Ground
Accessible	Yes
Other information
Station code	VST
Website	Transport for NSW
History
Opened	1877
Passengers
2023	141,580 (year); 388 (daily)(Sydney Trains, NSW TrainLink);
Services
	Maitland towards Dungog or Scone
Location
Location
	Victoria Street, East Maitland Location within New South Wales

Last updated August 01, 2024

Victoria Street railway station is a heritage-listed railway station located on the Main Northern line in New South Wales, Australia. It serves the Victoria Street area of East Maitland. It was added to the New South Wales State Heritage Register on 2 April 1999.^[3]

History

It opened on 5 April 1857.^[4]

It is in about the same location as the first East Maitland station and marked the temporary terminus of the railway from Newcastle while the bridge over Wallis Creek was built. From 1906 to 1926 it was also an interchange station with the steam tramway line that ran from West to East Maitland.

The present building was built in 1877 and in 1914 the single platform was converted to an island platform and a footbridge added when the line was duplicated.^[5] The station footbridge was added along with the island conversion in 1914.^[3]

From 2017 to 2018, under the Transport Access Program, Victoria Street Station received three new lifts, new canopies and signage, bike racks and improvements to the interchange areas.^[6]

Platforms and services

Victoria Street has one island platform with two faces. It is serviced by NSW TrainLink Hunter Line services travelling from Newcastle to Maitland, Singleton, Muswellbrook, Scone, Telarah and Dungog.^[7]

Platform	Line	Stopping pattern	Notes
1	HUN	services to Newcastle	^[7]
2	HUN	services to Maitland, Telarah, Dungog, Singleton, Muswellbrook & Scone	^[7]

Transport links

Hunter Valley Buses operates five bus routes via Victoria Street station, under contract to Transport for NSW:

181: Woodberry to Rutherford ^[8]
182: Rutherford to Thornton ^[9]
183: Regiment Road to Tenambit ^[10]
184: Maitland to Chambers Street^[11]
188: Stockland Green Hills to Woodlands Estate^[12]

Heritage listing

Victoria Street station is one of the oldest station buildings surviving in the Newcastle area. The site was the terminus of the line from Newcastle when it opened in 1857 until extension to the present Maitland railway station one year later. It has been adapted to an island platform form for the duplication where most of the stations on the line were rebuilt. Because of its age and as a remnant of the early line it is of high significance. The footbridge supports the group.^[3]

Victoria Street railway station was listed on the New South Wales State Heritage Register on 2 April 1999 having satisfied the following criteria.^[3]

The place possesses uncommon, rare or endangered aspects of the cultural or natural history of New South Wales.

This item is assessed as historically rare. This item is assessed as scientifically rare. This item is assessed as arch. rare. This item is assessed as socially rare.^[3]

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References

↑ "Train Station Monthly Usage". Open Data. Retrieved 26 January 2024.
↑ This figure is the number of entries and exits of a year combined averaged to a day.
1 2 3 4 5 "Victoria Street Railway Station group". New South Wales State Heritage Register . Department of Planning & Environment. H01277. Retrieved 2 June 2018. Text is licensed by State of New South Wales (Department of Planning and Environment) under CC-BY 4.0 licence .
↑ Victoria Street Station NSWrail.net
↑ Victoria Street Railway Station NSW Environment & Heritage
↑ NSW, Transport for (1 July 2017). "Victoria Street Station Upgrade". transport.nsw.gov.au. Retrieved 6 October 2020.
1 2 3 "Hunter line timetable". Transport for NSW.
↑ "Hunter Valley Buses route 181". Transport for NSW.
↑ "Hunter Valley Buses route 182". Transport for NSW.
↑ "Hunter Valley Buses route 183". Transport for NSW.
↑ "Hunter Valley Buses route 184". Transport for NSW.
↑ "Hunter Valley Buses route 188". Transport for NSW.

Attribution

This Wikipedia article contains material from Victoria Street Railway Station group , entry number 01277 in the New South Wales State Heritage Register published by the State of New South Wales (Department of Planning and Environment) 2018 under CC-BY 4.0 licence , accessed on 2 June 2018.

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[1] "Train Station Monthly Usage". Open Data. Retrieved 26 January 2024.

[note1-2] This figure is the number of entries and exits of a year combined averaged to a day.

[nswshr-1277-3] 1 2 3 4 5 "Victoria Street Railway Station group". New South Wales State Heritage Register . Department of Planning & Environment. H01277. Retrieved 2 June 2018. Text is licensed by State of New South Wales (Department of Planning and Environment) under CC-BY 4.0 licence .

[4] Victoria Street Station NSWrail.net

[5] Victoria Street Railway Station NSW Environment & Heritage

[6] NSW, Transport for (1 July 2017). "Victoria Street Station Upgrade". transport.nsw.gov.au. Retrieved 6 October 2020.

[Timetable-7] 1 2 3 "Hunter line timetable". Transport for NSW.

[8] "Hunter Valley Buses route 181". Transport for NSW.

[9] "Hunter Valley Buses route 182". Transport for NSW.

[10] "Hunter Valley Buses route 183". Transport for NSW.

[11] "Hunter Valley Buses route 184". Transport for NSW.

[12] "Hunter Valley Buses route 188". Transport for NSW.

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