Owned by RailCorp Platforms 2 side Owner RailCorp | Structure type Ground Tracks 2 | |
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Location Hunter Street, NewcastleAustralia Distance 167.02 km (103.78 mi) from Central Similar Wickham railway station, Hamilton railway station - N, Sandgate railway station - N, Aberdeen railway station - N, Martins Creek railway st |
Civic railway station 27 dec 2014
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 30 March 1857 as Newcastle railway station. On 9 March 1858 it was renamed Honeysuckle and again on 1 September 1866 to Honeysuckle Point. The station closed in 1872, only to be reopened as Civic on 22 December 1935.
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Civic had the smallest signal box in the state to control the Merewether Street level crossing. The signal box closed in July 1992.
Civic station closed again on 25 December 2014, when the Newcastle line was truncated to terminate at Hamilton.
Platforms & 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 and local services from Newcastle to Maitland, Muswellbrook, Scone, Telarah and Dungog.
Platform 1 was for services to Newcastle. Platform 2 was for services to Gosford, Sydney Central, Maitland, Telarah, Dungog, Muswellbrook & Scone.
In 2007, Platform 2 was extended at its western end to allow Merewether Street level crossing to remain open while trains are stopped at the station.