[1] Sandgate Cemetery was opened in 1881 and has serviced the burial needs of Newcastle since that time.

It is situated on crown land within the suburb of Sandgate, New South Wales.

To service the new cemetery, a special Mortuary station was built in Newcastle.

Special trams conveyed funerals from the suburbs to the Mortuary station then onward to a purpose built platform within the cemetery.

The line was closed at the request of trust to make way for additional burial plots.