Civic railway station

32°55′36″S 151°46′20″E / 32.926572°S 151.772175°E / -32.926572; 151.772175Owned byTransport Asset Holding EntityLine(s)NewcastleDistance167.02 kilometres from CentralPlatforms2 sideTracks2ConstructionStructure typeGroundAccessibleYesOther informationStation codeCVIWebsiteSydney TrainsHistoryOpened22 December 1935Closed26 December 2014ElectrifiedYesPassengers2013890 (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.^[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.

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]

References

External links

Media related to Civic railway station at Wikimedia Commons

• Civic station details Sydney Trains