Wickham Transport Interchange

Wickham Transport Interchange

An artist's impression of the future interchange
Location Station Street, Wickham
Australia
Coordinates 32°55′29″S 151°45′39″E / 32.924753°S 151.760727°E / -32.924753; 151.760727Coordinates: 32°55′29″S 151°45′39″E / 32.924753°S 151.760727°E / -32.924753; 151.760727
Owned by RailCorp
Operated by NSW TrainLink
Line(s) Newcastle
Distance 165.60 kilometres from Central
Connections Bus, Light Rail
Construction
Structure type Ground
Disabled access Yes
Other information
Website Transport for NSW
History
Opened Scheduled late-2017
Electrified Yes
Services
Preceding station   NSW TrainLink   Following station
towards Central
Central Coast & Newcastle LineTerminus
towards Dungog or Scone
Hunter LineTerminus

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 commenced in May 2016 with a scheduled 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 New South Wales in 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

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