Newcastle Interchange
Newcastle Interchange | ||||||||||||||||
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| File:Artist Impression Wickham Transport Interchange.jpg An artist's impression of the future interchange | ||||||||||||||||
| General information | ||||||||||||||||
| Location | Station Street, Wickham Australia | |||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 32°55′29″S 151°45′39″E / 32.924753°S 151.760727°E | |||||||||||||||
| Owned by | RailCorp | |||||||||||||||
| Operated by | NSW TrainLink | |||||||||||||||
| Line(s) | Newcastle | |||||||||||||||
| Distance | 165.60 kilometres from Central | |||||||||||||||
| Platforms | 3 (1 side, 1 island) | |||||||||||||||
| Tracks | 3 | |||||||||||||||
| Connections | Bus, Light Rail | |||||||||||||||
| Construction | ||||||||||||||||
| Structure type | Ground | |||||||||||||||
| Accessible | Yes | |||||||||||||||
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| Website | Transport for NSW | |||||||||||||||
| History | ||||||||||||||||
| Opening | Scheduled late-2017 | |||||||||||||||
| Electrified | Yes | |||||||||||||||
| Services | ||||||||||||||||
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Newcastle Interchange is an under-construction transport interchange being built as the terminus of the Newcastle railway line. It will also serve as the terminus of the Newcastle Light Rail line and as an interchange point with Newcastle Transport bus services.[1][2][3]
Located in the inner Newcastle suburb of Wickham, it will be positioned to the west of the former Wickham railway station beyond the Stewart Avenue level crossing. It was scheduled to open in late-2016, but a legal challenge over the line's closure delayed the commencement of construction. Construction commenced in May 2016 with a scheduled late-2017 completion date.[4][5]
Transport for New South Wales have a released a flythrough of the new interchange.
Development
The design for the new interchange was released by Transport for New South Wales in July 2015.[6] The government purchased land adjacent to the transport interchange site in September 2015.[7] Originally to be named Wickham Transport Interchange, in December 2015 Transport for NSW lodged a proposal with the Geographical Names Board of New South Wales to have the station name changed to Newcastle Interchange.[8][9] This was confirmed in December 2016.[10][11]
Services
Newcastle Interchange will be serviced by NSW TrainLink Central Coast & Newcastle Line services to and from Sydney Central[12] and Hunter Line services to and from Maitland, Muswellbrook, Scone, Telarah and Dungog.[13]
Newcastle Light Rail services will operate through the Newcastle central business district to Pacific Park.[14][15][16][17]
References
- ^ Wickham Transport Interchange Transport for NSW July 2014
- ^ Revitalisation of Newcastle CBD continues as Wickham interchange gets the green light Transport for NSW 14 November 2014
- ^ Wickham Transport Interchange Transport for NSW
- ^ Improving infrastructure at Wickham Revitalising Newcastle
- ^ May 2017 Community Notification Transport for New South Wales April 2017
- ^ Revitalising Newcastle: Design revealed for Wickham transport interchange Transport for NSW
- ^ Harris, Michelle (29 September 2015). "Sky's the limit for super Store: state buys site adjacent to interchange". Newcastle Herald.
- ^ Proposal to assign a Newcastle station name Geographical Names Board of New South Wales 11 December 2015
- ^ Newcastle Interchange name proposed for new Wickham station ABC News 12 December 2015
- ^ "New transport hub to don the name 'Newcastle Interchange' | Transport for NSW - Corporate". www.transport.nsw.gov.au. Retrieved 22 December 2016.
- ^ New Wickham Interchange officially named Newcastle Interchange Newcastle Herald 22 December 2016
- ^ "Central Coast & Newcastle line timetable". Transport for NSW.
- ^ "Hunter line timetable". Transport for NSW.
- ^ Newcastle Light Rail Announced Transport for NSW 23 May 2014
- ^ Light rail route for city finally unveiled ABC News 23 May 2014
- ^ Light rail decision draws mixed reactions Newcastle Herald 23 May 2014
- ^ Map Fairfax Regional