Wickham railway station, New South Wales

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Wickham

Newcastle & Central Coast Line
Hunter Line
Station code	WKH
Suburb	Wickham
Street(s)	Beresford St
Distance from Central Station	165.93 km
Altitude (above sea level)	? m
Types of stopping trains	Intercity Regional
Number of platforms	2
Number of tracks	2
Platform arrangement	2 Side
Type of station	Ground
Ticket barriers	No
Transfers available	Bus
Disabled access	Yes
Station facilities	Link

Wickham Railway station viewed from footbridge

Wickham is a railway station located in Wickham, a suburb of Newcastle, New South Wales,Australia. The station is serviced by CityRail Newcastle & Central Coast line and Hunter line services. These services go to Sydney, Maitland, Dungog and Scone. The station has two side platforms. Trains may be longer than platforms, please board/alight from the rear four carriages.

down platform extension

The down platform is being extended towards Newcastle to allow the signals to be moved so that the Stuart Avenue level crossing at the end of the station is not required to be closed while trains are stopped in the station.

[edit] Platforms/Service

Platform 1:

Hunter Line - regional services to Newcastle.
Newcastle & Central Coast Line - local and intercity services to Newcastle.

Platform 2:

Hunter Line - regional all stations and limited stops services to Maitland, Telarah, Dungog, Muswellbrook and Scone
Newcastle & Central Coast Line - local services to Morisset.
Newcastle & Central Coast Line - peak hour, weekend, late night and early morning intercity services to Gosford, Hornsby and Sydney Terminal (via Strathfield).