Newcastle railway station, New South Wales

For the main railway station in Newcastle upon Tyne, England, see Newcastle railway station.

Newcastle
Newcastle & Central Coast Line
Hunter Line
Station code	NTL
Suburb	Newcastle
Street(s)	Scott Street
Distance from Central Station	168.10[1] km
Altitude (above sea level)	1.2[1] m
Types of stopping trains	Suburban/Local Intercity Regional
Number of platforms	4
Number of tracks	5
Platform arrangement	2 side 1 island
Type of station	Ground
Ticket barriers	No
Transfers available	Train Bus
Disabled access	Yes
Station facilities	Link

Newcastle Railway Station (also known as Newcastle Terminal) is the main railway station in Newcastle, New South Wales. It offers regular services to Sydney on the Newcastle and Central Coast line and to Maitland, Scone and Dungog on the Hunter line.

Newcastle railway station is three hours' travel from Sydney's Central Station. It is a terminating and departing station and situated at the end of the Newcastle branch line.

The station is situated on the corner of Scott and Watt Streets with access on street level, without stairs. It is in walking distance of Nobbys Beach and to Newcastle Harbour. The railway station has a Cafe on platform one open daily. Newcastle railway station is considered heritage and still has its original station buildings.

A taxi rank is next to the station and a long distance bus station is situated at the back of the Railway station near the harbour foreshore. The Railway station is staffed 24 hours and have Security Officers on duty from 6pm nightly.

History

Newcastle station was originally located at the site of the Honeysuckle Point Terminus. Early on in the making of the Honeysuckle Point Terminus, Newcastle residents called for an extension to the centre of town and in 1857 the parliamentary select committee recommended, that a single line for goods and passenger traffic be laid from Honeysuckle Point to the wharf at Watt Street.^[2] In November 1857 a contract for £6347, was awarded to William Wright for the 67 chains (1.3 km; 0.84 mi) extension.^[2] The station was located on a spur line which serviced Circular Wharf and was opened on Saturday 20 March 1858.^[2] A large goods yard fanned east from the station, constructed in 1858. No trace now remains of this yard. In 1880, an additional two platforms were constructed to cater for traffic growth.^{[citation needed]}

Platform configuration and services

Newcastle Station consists of four railway lines (passenger platforms), two of which are used for Sydney services and two for Maitland, Scone and Dungog services. The station is part of the CityRail network. All four lines have overhead wiring to accommodate Cityrail electric trains running services towards Sydney. The Maitland line uses conventional Diesel multiple unit trains.

On special occasions Newcastle Railway Station can be home to historic trains such as the 3801. This usually happens around the time of the Maitland Steamfest or when the NSWRTM makes a tour to Newcastle if it is for a replica of the Newcastle Flyer run or a Rail and Sails.

Platform	Line	Stopping Pattern	Notes
	Newcastle & Central Coast Line	intercity electric services to Gosford, Hornsby and Central (via Strathfield)
	Newcastle & Central Coast Line	local electric services to Morisset
	Hunter Line	diesel rail-car services to Maitland, Telarah, Dungog, Muswellbrook and Scone
	Newcastle & Central Coast Line	local electric services to Morisset
	Hunter Line	diesel rail-car services to Maitland, Telarah, Dungog, Muswellbrook and Scone
	Hunter Line	diesel rail-car services to Maitland, Telarah, Dungog, Muswellbrook and Scone

Bus services

Newcastle Buses

• 100 - to Charlestown
• 104 - to Jesmond
• 106 - to Jesmond
• 107 - to Jesmond
• 111 - to Charlestown
• 118 - to Stockton
• 201 - to Hamilton
• 222 - to Wallsend
• 224 - to Wallsend
• 225 - to Jesmond
• 226 - to Glendale
• 230 - to Wallsend
• 231 - to Wallsend
• 235 - to Maryland
• 310 - to Belmont
• 317 - to Belmont
• 320 - to Warners Bay
• 322 - to Belmont
• 334 - to Glendale
• 349 - to Swansea
• 350 - to Swansea Heads
• 363 - to Glendale

Gallery

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  The station from the street opposite

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  The station from Watt Street

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  The station from Scott Street

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  Looking along platform 1

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  Heritage style seat on platform 1

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  NSWR decorative symbol on platform awning

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  Newcastle Signal Box near the station

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  The inset from a larger map, showing the location of Newcastle station in 1869

Neighbouring stations

Preceding station		CityRail		Following station
Civic towards Dungog or Scone		Hunter Line		Terminus
Civic towards Central		Newcastle and Central Coast Line		Terminus

References

1. ^ ^{a b} Station Names. Date of opening, closing and/or change of name. Public Transport Commission of New South Wales. Administrative Branch (Archives Section) (3rd ed.). February 1979 [1965]. p. 25. 
2. ^ ^{a b c} McKillop, Roberts; Sheedy, David (May 2008). Our Region, Our Railway: The Hunter and the Great Northern Railway (1857-2007). Australian Railway Historical Society (1st ed.). p. 21~22. 

Coordinates: 32°55′36″S 151°47′02″E / 32.9267°S 151.7839°E / -32.9267; 151.7839