Civic railway station
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.[5] In 2019, Civic was reopened as a park named "Museum Place" due to it being a short distance from Newcastle Museum. The area between the platforms was filled in, and the station buildings remained intact.
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 | |
| History | |
| Opened | 22 December 1935 |
| Closed | 26 December 2014 |
| Electrified | Yes |
| Passengers | |
| 2013 | 890 (daily)[1] (NSW TrainLink) |
| Rank | 163 |
Platforms and services edit
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]
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 25 December 2014 at the Wayback Machine Newcastle Herald 26 December 2014
- ^ NSW TrainLink 20 October 2013
- ^ NSW TrainLink 20 October 2013
- ^ NSW Premier's Office
External links edit
Media related to Civic railway station at Wikimedia Commons