Cockle Creek railway station
Cockle Creek | |||||||||||||
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Southbound view from Platform 1 in May 2006 | |||||||||||||
Location |
Lake Road, Boolaroo Australia | ||||||||||||
Coordinates | 32°56′34″S 151°37′25″E / 32.942695°S 151.623725°ECoordinates: 32°56′34″S 151°37′25″E / 32.942695°S 151.623725°E | ||||||||||||
Owned by | RailCorp | ||||||||||||
Operated by | NSW TrainLink | ||||||||||||
Line(s) | Main Northern | ||||||||||||
Distance | 150.63 kilometres from Central | ||||||||||||
Platforms | 2 side | ||||||||||||
Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||||
Connections |
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Construction | |||||||||||||
Structure type | Ground | ||||||||||||
Other information | |||||||||||||
Station code | CCK | ||||||||||||
Website | Transport for NSW | ||||||||||||
History | |||||||||||||
Opened | 15 August 1887 | ||||||||||||
Rebuilt | 1957 | ||||||||||||
Electrified | Yes | ||||||||||||
Traffic | |||||||||||||
Passengers (2013) | 20 (daily)[1] (Sydney Trains, NSW TrainLink) | ||||||||||||
Rank | 281 | ||||||||||||
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Cockle Creek railway station is located on the Main Northern line in New South Wales, Australia. It serves the City of Lake Macquarie suburb of Boolaroo. The station is on the eastern side of Cockle Creek and a balloon loop exists west of the creek for the Teralba Colliery.
History
The station opened on 15 August 1887.[2] It was rebuilt on its present site in 1957 when a new bridge was built immediately south of the station.[3] The station buildings were demolished in March 1993.[4]
The privately owned Caledonian Collieries railway line to West Wallsend, Seahampton, Killingworth, Barnsley and the now vanished town of Fairley, joined the government line at Cockle Creek. This line carried mixed traffic, including passenger and freight trains, but was largely used for coal traffic until the last working mine, West Wallsend Extended Colliery at Killingworth was closed during an industrial slump in 1962.
Platforms & services
Cockle Creek has two side platforms. It is serviced by NSW TrainLink Central Coast & Newcastle Line services travelling from Sydney Central to Newcastle.[5]
Platform | Line | Stopping pattern | Notes |
1 | services to Gosford & Sydney Central | [5] | |
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2 | services to Newcastle | [5] |
Transport links
Hunter Valley Buses operate two routes via Cockle Creek station:
- 270: Newcastle University to Toronto West[6]
- 271: Stockland Glendale to Toronto[7]
Newcastle Transport operates one route via Cockle Creek station:
- 46: Warners Bay to Wallsend via Speers Point, Boolaroo & Glendale[8]
References
- ↑ Bureau of Transport Statistics. "Train Statistics 2014" (PDF). Transport NSW. Retrieved 15 July 2018.
- ↑ Cockle Creek Station NSWrail.net
- ↑ Cockle Creek Former Railway Station and Bridge Piers NSW Environment & Heritage
- ↑ Railway Digest May 1993 page 199
- 1 2 3 "Central Coast & Newcastle line timetable". Transport for NSW.
- ↑ "Hunter Valley Buses route 270". Transport for NSW.
- ↑ "Hunter Valley Buses route 271". Transport for NSW.
- ↑ "Newcastle Transport route 46". Transport for NSW.
External links
Media related to Cockle Creek station at Wikimedia Commons - Cockle Creek station details Transport for New South Wales