Newtown railway station, Sydney
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Newtown
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| Station code | ? |
| Suburb | Newtown |
| Street(s) | King St |
| Distance from Central Station | 3.10 km |
| Station Altitude (above sea level) | ? m |
| Types of stopping trains | Suburban all stations Suburban Limited Stops |
| Number of platforms | 2 |
| Number of tracks | 6 |
| Platform arrangement | 1 island |
| Type of station | Ground |
| Ticket barriers | No |
| Transfers available | Bus |
| Disabled access | No |
| Station facilities | Link |
Newtown railway station is a station on the Inner West line of the CityRail network. It services the Sydney suburb of Newtown.
The station features a single platform on the 'Local' pair of tracks (the "Inner West Line"), with trains to the city leaving from the north side and trains from the city arriving on the south side. It is located in a railway cutting and must be accessed via stairs leading down several stories from King Street, Newtown.
The island platform is rather narrow and there are no Easy Access facilities. In July 2006, the NSW state government announced an upgrade to the station including the installation of lifts, which will finally make it accessible to disabled passengers.
The former Newtown Tram Depot lies disused to the south of the station.
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[edit] History
A station opened at Newtown in 1855 with the opening of the Main Suburban Railway Line[1]. The line through Newtown was quadruplicated in 1892[2], and sextuplicated in 1927 in association with electrification works.[3] An island platform on the middle pair of tracks was taken out of use and demolished in with the sextuplication works in 1927.
[edit] Platforms/service
Platform 1:
- Inner West Line - all stations services to Central and the City Circle (clockwise).
Platform 2:
- Inner West Line - all stations services to Lidcombe and Liverpool (Lidcombe trains proceeding via the Bankstown Line.)
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[edit] Neighbouring stations
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[edit] External links
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- Street map from Street Directory, MSN Maps and Multimap.
- Satellite image from Google Maps, WikiMapia and Terraserver.
[edit] References
- ^ Main South Line. Nswrail.net.
- ^ Australian Railway History, Vol 56, No. 810, April 2005
- ^ Sydney Electric Trains from 1926-1960, Australian Railway Historical Society Bulletin, April 2001.
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