| Backworth | |
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| Backworth railway station in 1970 | |
| Location | |
| Place | England |
| Area | Newcastle |
| Operations | |
| Original company | Blyth and Tyne Railway |
| Pre-grouping | North Eastern Railway |
| Post-grouping | London and North Eastern Railway |
| Platforms | ? |
| History | |
| 28 August 1841 | B&T station opens as Holywell |
| April 1860 | B&T station renamed Backworth |
| 27 June 1864 | B&T station closes |
| 27 June 1864 | Station opens as Hotspur |
| June 1865 | Station renamed Backworth |
| 13 June 1977 | Station closes |
| Disused railway stations in the United Kingdom | |
| Closed railway stations in Britain A B C D–F G H–J K–L M–O P–R S T–V W–Z |
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Backworth railway station served part of Newcastle in the English county of Northumberland, later part of Tyne and Wear. The station, opened as Hotspur, replaced another Backworth station on the line to Morpeth which had been opened as Holywell.
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Opened by the North Eastern Railway, then joining the London and North Eastern Railway, the station passed to the Eastern Region of British Railways on nationalisation in 1948. The line had been electrified (as the Tyneside Electric) by the North Eastern Railway in 1904 to fight competition from the newly-built electric tramways, but was de-electrified in the 1960s.
The station was then closed by the British Railways Board to enable the construction of the Tyne and Wear Metro, but was not re-opened as part of that system. Initially Shiremoor was the nearest metro station to the site until the 2005 opening of Northumberland Park.
Trains of the electrified Tyne and Wear Metro now call at Northumberland Park on the same site.
| Preceding station | Disused railways | Following station | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Heaton | London and North Eastern Railway |
Seghill | ||
| London and North Eastern Railway |
West Monkseaton | |||