Wickham railway station

This article is about the former railway station in Newcastle, Australia. For future Newcastle railway line terminus, see Wickham Transport Interchange. For the former railway station in Hampshire, England, see Wickham (Hants) railway station.
Wickham

Westbound view from Platform 1 in July 2013
Location Beresford Street, Wickham
Australia
Coordinates 32°55′29″S 151°45′39″E / 32.924753°S 151.760727°E / -32.924753; 151.760727Coordinates: 32°55′29″S 151°45′39″E / 32.924753°S 151.760727°E / -32.924753; 151.760727
Owned by RailCorp
Line(s) Newcastle
Distance 165.93 kilometres from Central
Platforms 2 side
Tracks 2
Construction
Structure type Ground
Disabled access Yes
Other information
Station code WKH
Website Sydney Trains
History
Opened 9 February 1936
Closed 25 December 2014
Electrified Yes
Services
Preceding station   NSW TrainLink   Following station
towards Central
Central Coast & Newcastle Line
towards Newcastle
towards Dungog or Scone
Hunter Line
towards Newcastle

Wickham railway station was located on the Newcastle line in New South Wales, Australia. It served the inner Newcastle suburb of Wickham opening on 9 February 1936.[1][2][3]

It closed on 25 December 2014, when the Newcastle line was truncated to Hamilton to allow construction of the Newcastle Light Rail line.[4] A new Wickham Transport Interchange is being built to the west of Wickham station as the line's terminus, where it will connect with the light rail.[5][6]

Platforms & services

Wickham had two side platforms that could only accommodate four carriages. At the time of its closure, it was serviced by trains from Sydney Central to Newcastle[7] and local services from Newcastle to Maitland, Muswellbrook, Scone, Telarah and Dungog.[8]

In 2007, Platform 1 was extended at its eastern end to allow Stewart Avenue level crossing to remain open while trains were stopped at the station.[9]

Platform 1 was for services to Newcastle. Platform 2 was for services to Gosford, Sydney Central, Maitland, Telarah, Dungog, Muswellbrook & Scone.

Wickham Signal Box

Wickham Signal Box was situated at the Newcastle end of the station and controlled a short section between Hamilton and Newcastle, including Railway Street and Stewart Avenue level crossings. Built in 1966, it was attended continuously.[2]

References

  1. ↑ Wickham Station NSWrail.net
  2. 1 2 Wickham Railway Station Group NSW Environment & Heritage
  3. ↑ 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. 15.
  4. ↑ Last train leaves Newcastle station Newcastle Herald 26 December 2014
  5. ↑ Wickham Transport Interchange Transport for NSW July 2014
  6. ↑ Revitalisation of Newcastle CBD continues as Wickham interchange gets the green light Transport for NSW 14 November 2014
  7. ↑ Central Coast & Newcastle line timetable NSW TrainLink 20 October 2013
  8. ↑ Hunter line timetable NSW TrainLink 20 October 2013
  9. ↑ Newcastle Rail Corridor Upgrade Projects NSW Premier's Office
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