Newcastle railway station, New South Wales

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

Newcastle

Newcastle & Central Coast Line
Hunter Line
Station code	NTL
Suburb	Newcastle
Street(s)	Scott St
Distance from Central Station	168.10 km
Altitude (above sea level)	? m
Types of stopping trains	Suburban all stations Suburban Limited Stops Intercity
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 3 hours travel from Sydneys 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.

1 History
2 Platforms/Services
3 Bus Services
4 Platform configuration and services
5 See also
6 Neighbouring stations
7 References

[edit] History

The current station opened with two platforms in 1872. It was variously named Honeysuckle and Honeysuckle Point until the current name was adopted in 1935.^[1] In 1880, an additional two platforms were constructed to cater for traffic growth. A large goods yard fanned east from the station, constructed in 1858. No trace now remains of this yard.

[edit] Platforms/Services

Platform 1:

Newcastle & Central Coast Line - Terminating services, intercity services to Central (via Strathfield).

Platform 2:

Newcastle & Central Coast Line - Terminating services, local services to Morisset.
Hunter Line - Terminating services; regional all stations and limited stops services to Maitland, Telarah, Dungog, Muswellbrook and Scone.

Platform 3:

Newcastle & Central Coast Line - Terminating services, local services to Morisset.
Hunter Line - Terminating services; regional all stations and limited stops services to Maitland, Telarah, Dungog, Muswellbrook and Scone.

Platform 4:

Hunter Line - Terminating services, regional all stations and limited stops services to Maitland, Telarah, Dungog, Muswellbrook and Scone.

[edit] Bus Services

Port Stephens Coaches:

130 - to Fingal Bay.

Hunter Valley Buses:

125 - to Stockton Wharf.
134 - to Lemon Tree Passage.
140 - to Raymond Terrace.

Newcastle Buses

100 - to Wallsend - (Bunn Street).
101 - to Glendale - (Supercentre).
103 - Weekdays(Monday to Friday) service - to Jesmond - (Blue Gum Road).
104 - to Jesmond - (Blue Gum Road).
107 - Weekdays(Monday to Friday) shopping service - to Warabrook - (Casuarina Cct).
108 - to Jesmond - (Blue Gum Road).
111 - Weekdays(Monday to Friday) and Saturday service - to Charlestown - (Smart Street).
222 - Weekdays(Monday to Friday) and Saturday service - to Wallsend - (Bunn Street).
224 - to Wallsend - (Bunn Street).
225 - Weekdays(Monday to Friday) and Saturday service - to Jesmond - (Blue Gum Road).
226 - to Charlestown - (Smart Street).
230 - to Wallsend - (Bunn Street).
231 - to Wallsend - (Bunn Street).
235 - to Wallsend - (Bunn Street).
310 - to Belmont - (Alick Street).
311 - Weekdays(Monday to Friday) service - to Belmont - (Alick Street).
317 - to Belmont - (Lake Macquarie Village).
322 - to Belmont - (Lake Macquarie Village).
334 - to Glendale - (Supercentre).
317 - to Belmont - (Lake Macquarie Village).
349 - to Swansea North - (Wallarah Street & Pelican Street).
350 - to Swansea Heads - (Lambton Parade & Hamilton Street).
351 - Weekdays(Monday to Friday) limited stops service - to Swansea Heads - (Lambton Parade & Hamilton Street).
363 - to Belmont - (Alick Street).

[edit] Platform configuration and services

It consists of 4 railway lines (passenger platforms), 2 of which are used for Sydney services and 2 of which are used for Maitland, Scone and Dungog services. Newcastle Railway Station is part of the CityRail network.

All four lines are electrically powered and can accommodate Cityrail electric trains however only the Sydney line utilizes these trains and the Maitland line uses conventional diesel powered trains.

On special occasions Newcastle Railway Station can be home to historic trains like the 3801. This usually happens around the time of the Maitland Steamfest.