Newcastle Interchange
Wickham Transport Interchange | ||||||||||||||||
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| File:Artist Impression Wickham Transport Interchange.jpg | ||||||||||||||||
| 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 | |||||||||||||||
| Connections | Bus, Light Rail | |||||||||||||||
| Construction | ||||||||||||||||
| Structure type | Ground | |||||||||||||||
| Accessible | Yes | |||||||||||||||
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| Website | Transport for NSW | |||||||||||||||
| History | ||||||||||||||||
| Opened | Scheduled late-2017 | |||||||||||||||
| Electrified | Yes | |||||||||||||||
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Wickham Transport Interchange is a future 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 an interchange point with Newcastle Buses 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 is scheduled to commence in mid-2016 with a late-2017 completion date.[4]
Transport for NSW have a released a flythrough of the new interchange.
Development
The design for the new interchange was released by Transport for NSW 27 July 2015.[5] The government purchased land adjacent to the transport interchange site in September 2015.[6] In December 2015, Transport for NSW announced it had lodged a proposal with the Geographical Names Board of New South Wales to have the station named Newcastle Interchange.[7][8]
Services
Wickham Transport Interchange will be serviced by NSW TrainLink Central Coast & Newcastle Line services to and from Sydney Central[9] and Hunter Line services to and from Maitland, Muswellbrook, Scone, Telarah and Dungog.[10]
Newcastle Light Rail services will operate through the Newcastle central business district to Pacific Park.[11][12][13][14]
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
- ^ 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
- ^ "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
External links
- Wickham Transport Interchange - Transport for NSW
Media related to Newcastle Interchange at Wikimedia Commons
