Victoria Street railway station, New South Wales

Victoria Street
Westbound view in August 2006
Location	Victoria Street, East Maitland Australia
Coordinates	32°45′03″S 151°35′37″E / 32.750896°S 151.59373°E / -32.750896; 151.59373Coordinates: 32°45′03″S 151°35′37″E / 32.750896°S 151.59373°E / -32.750896; 151.59373
Owned by	Transport Asset Holding Entity
Operated by	NSW TrainLink
Line(s)	Main Northern
Distance	187.92 km (116.77 mi) from Central
Platforms	2 (1 island)
Tracks	4 (2 passenger, 2 coal)
Connections	Bus
Construction
Structure type	Ground
Disabled access	Yes
Other information
Station code	VST
Website	Transport for NSW
History
Opened	1877
Passengers
2013	470 (daily)[1] (Sydney Trains, NSW TrainLink)
Rank	191
Services
Preceding station NSW TrainLink Following station East Maitland toward Telarah or Scone Hunter Line Metford toward Newcastle Interchange Maitland toward Dungog or Scone
Location
Victoria Street, East Maitland Location within New South Wales

Victoria Street railway station is a heritage-listed railway station located on the Main Northern line in New South Wales, Australia. It serves the Victoria Street area of East Maitland. It was added to the New South Wales State Heritage Register on 2 April 1999.^[2]

History[]

It opened on 5 April 1857.^[3]

It is in about the same location as the first East Maitland station and marked the temporary terminus of the railway from Newcastle while the bridge over Wallis Creek was built. From 1906 to 1926 it was also an interchange station with the steam tramway line that ran from West to East Maitland.

The present building was built in 1877 and in 1914 the single platform was converted to an island platform and a footbridge added when the line was duplicated.^[4] The station footbridge was added along with the island conversion in 1914.^[2]

From 2017 to 2018, under the Transport Access Program, Victoria Street Station received three new lifts, new canopies and signage, bike racks and improvements to the interchange areas.^[5]

Platforms & services[]

Victoria Street has one island platform with two faces. It is serviced by NSW TrainLink Hunter Line services travelling from Newcastle to Maitland, Muswellbrook, Scone, Telarah and Dungog.^[6]

Transport links[]

Hunter Valley Buses operate four routes via Victoria Street station:

• 181: Woodberry to Rutherford^[7]
• 182: Rutherford to Thornton^[8]
• 183: Regiment Road to Tenambit^[9]
• 184: Maitland to Chambers Street^[10]

Heritage listing[]

Victoria Street station is one of the oldest station buildings surviving in the Newcastle area. The site was the terminus of the line from Newcastle when it opened in 1857 until extension to the present Maitland railway station one year later. It has been adapted to an island platform form for the duplication where most of the stations on the line were rebuilt. Because of its age and as a remnant of the early line it is of high significance. The footbridge supports the group.^[2]

Victoria Street railway station was listed on the New South Wales State Heritage Register on 2 April 1999 having satisfied the following criteria.^[2]

The place possesses uncommon, rare or endangered aspects of the cultural or natural history of New South Wales.

This item is assessed as historically rare. This item is assessed as scientifically rare. This item is assessed as arch. rare. This item is assessed as socially rare.^[2]

References[]

Attribution[]

This Wikipedia article contains material from Victoria Street Railway Station group, entry number 01277 in the New South Wales State Heritage Register published by the State of New South Wales and Office of Environment and Heritage 2018 under CC-BY 4.0 licence, accessed on 2 June 2018.

External links[]

• Media related to Victoria Street railway station at Wikimedia Commons
• Victoria Street station details Transport for New South Wales