Civic railway station

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.^[2][3] The station had the smallest signal box in the state to control the Merewether Street level crossing. The signal box closed in July 1992.^[4] 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.^[5] Civic light rail stop is located in Hunter Street, immediately adjacent to the old station.

Civic
Westbound view from Platform 1 in July 2013
General information
Location	Hunter Street, Newcastle Australia
Coordinates	32°55′36″S 151°46′20″E
Owned by	Transport Asset Holding Entity
Line(s)	Newcastle
Distance	167.02 kilometres from Central
Platforms	2 side
Tracks	2
Construction
Structure type	Ground
Accessible	Yes
Other information
Station code	CVI
Website	Sydney Trains
History
Opened	22 December 1935
Closed	26 December 2014
Electrified	Yes
Passengers
2013	890 (daily)[1] (NSW TrainLink)
Rank	163

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 Newcastle^[6] and local services from Newcastle to Maitland, Muswellbrook, Scone, Telarah and Dungog.^[7]

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.^[8]