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.Civic Station NSWrail.netCivic Railway Station Group Office of Environment & Heritage The station had the smallest signal box in the state to control the Merewether Street level crossing. The signal box closed in July 1992.Signalling & Safeworking Railway Digest September 1992 page 354 Civic station closed on 25 December 2014, when the Newcastle line was truncated to terminate at Hamilton for the construction of Newcastle Interchange and the Newcastle Light Rail.Last train leaves Newcastle station Newcastle Herald 26 December 2014 Civic light rail stop is located in Hunter Street, immediately adjacent to the old station.
The station precinct was redeveloped into Museum Park, which opened in 2019; the area between the platforms was filled in and the station shelters and buildings (now occupied by the Newcastle Visitor Information Centre) preserved.
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 NewcastleCentral Coast & Newcastle line timetable NSW TrainLink 20 October 2013 and local services from Newcastle to Maitland, Muswellbrook, Scone, Telarah and Dungog.Hunter line timetable NSW TrainLink 20 October 2013
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.Newcastle Rail Corridor Upgrade Projects NSW Premier's Office
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Civic station details Sydney Trains