Cockle Creek railway station, New South Wales

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Cockle Creek is a railway station located at Boolaroo, New South Wales, Australia, and south of Newcastle, on the Newcastle & Central Coast Line. The station has two platforms. The station is served by intercity trains to Sydney and local trains to Morrisset.

The privately-owned Caledonian Collieries Ltd., 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 the industry slump in 1962.

An island platform at Cockle Creek railway station (today only one side serves the "down" main line) served this line and the remnants of the old bridge which carried it can still be seen, to the north of the present main-line steel bridge erected about 1950.

In 1922, its stationmaster, Walter Skelton was elected as a member for Newcastle in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly for one term.Australian Dictionary of Biography
last=Fredman
first= L. E.
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year=2002
id=A160302b
title= Skelton, Walter Peden Joyce (1883 - 1979)
accessdate=2007-09-28]

Platforms/Service

Platform 1:
*Newcastle and Central Coast line colour>Newcastle & Central Coast Line - local services to Morisset.
*Newcastle and Central Coast line colour>Newcastle & Central Coast Line - peak hour, weekend, late night and early morning intercity services to Gosford, Hornsby and Sydney Terminal (via Strathfield).

Platform 2:
*Newcastle and Central Coast line colour>Newcastle & Central Coast Line - local & intercity services to Newcastle.

Transport Links

Newcastle Buses runs one route via Cockle Creek railway station:
*Route 363 - Between Belmont and Newcastle Station.
Toronto Bus Services runs two routes via Cockle Creek railway station:
*Route 270 - Between Industries and Toronto West.
*Route 271 - Between Glendale Super Centre and Toronto West.

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