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This relatively vast network of wharves and services on the river included many wharves on the Newcastle foreshore, Bullock Island, the Stockton foreshore, and Port Waratah. [3] The passenger ferry service that operated between Queens Wharf and Stockton, which runs in an area further downstream of the river from the bridge, is the only ferry ...
On 2 February 1983, the Stockton ferry service was taken over from a private operator. [1] In November 2015, the Government announced its intention to incorporate Newcastle Buses & Ferries into the Newcastle Transport along with the Newcastle Light Rail and that the operation of services shall be contracted to a private operator.
The route number of the first route in the timetable concerned prefixed by the letter b for Sydney and Blue Mountains timetables, c for Central Coast timetables, n for Newcastle timetables, r for regional/country timetables and w for Wollongong timetables. Busways routes from Newcastle are listed as Regional (r).
Newcastle is the second-largest city in the state of New South Wales, serving as a regional centre for residents of the Central Coast, Hunter Valley and Great Lakes regions. Bus services within Newcastle are operated by Newcastle Transport. It also operates a ferry service across the Hunter River between Newcastle's CBD and Stockton.
Ferry Shortland travelling between Stockton and Newcastle. Prior to the opening of the Stockton Bridge in 1971, the main transport access to Stockton was a system of vehicular and passenger ferries. [26] Today there is the frequent Stockton ferry service to Stockton from Queens Wharf, close to the former Newcastle railway station. The ferry ...
As part of its plans to revitalise the Newcastle central business district, the Newcastle railway line was closed east of Hamilton on 25 December 2014 to allow construction of the Newcastle Light Rail line. [3] [4] [5] Included in the project was a transport interchange. [6] [5] [7] Concourse
In January 2018, the bus route network was completely redesigned with the number of routes reduced from 27 to 21. [7] [8] In the same year, Newcastle Transport began trialling an on-demand bus service [9] within the Lake Macquarie area, servicing the suburbs of Dudley, Mount Hutton and Warners Bay.
[2] [3] [4] The decision to keep the observation tower would cost ratepayers $1.6 million in the next four years in maintenance costs. [5] The total cost of demolition was estimated to cost $30,000. [5] The ferry wharf is served by Newcastle Transport's Stockton ferry service. [6] [7] The wharf also has a stop on the Newcastle Light Rail.