Newburn railway station

Newburn
The site of Newburn station in 2008
Location
Place	Newburn
Area	Newcastle upon Tyne
Coordinates	54°58′52″N 1°44′38″W / 54.981°N 1.744°W / 54.981; -1.744Coordinates: 54°58′52″N 1°44′38″W / 54.981°N 1.744°W / 54.981; -1.744
Grid reference	NZ165652
Operations
Original company	Scotswood, Newburn & Wylam Railway & Dock Company
Pre-grouping	North Eastern Railway
Post-grouping	British Rail North Easter Region
Platforms	2
History
Key dates	Opened 1875 Closed 1965
1958	Station closed to passengers
1965	Station closed to goods traffic
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Newburn station was a railway station serving the village of Newburn, Newcastle upon Tyne. The station was situated at the bottom of Station Road, near Newburn Bridge, and was on the Scotswood, Newburn and Wylam Railway, a branch line of the Newcastle and Carlisle Railway.

History

The station was opened on 12 July 1875. However it fell under the Beeching Axe, and the station ceased to receive passenger trains on 15 September 1958. The station was then closed to goods trains on 26 April 1965.^[1] The station was then largely demolished, but the tracks were kept intact until the early 1990s, for coal traffic to be delivered to Stella North power station. The platforms and trackbed have now all been removed and made into part of a footpath.

References

↑ "Newburn Station". http://www.northumbrian-railways.co.uk/. Retrieved 23 June 2009.

Closed railway stations in Tyne and Wear

Derwent Valley Railway	Swalwell Rowlands Gill

Scotswood, Newburn and Wylam Railway	Newburn Lemington

Newcastle and Carlisle Railway	Ryton Scotswood Elswick Shot Tower Newcastle Forth Derwenthaugh Newcastle Redheugh

Team Valley Railway	Bensham Low Fell Lamesley Birtley

Stanhope and Tyne Railway	South Shields Jarrow Docks Jarrow Boldon Biddick Lane Vigo

Brandling Junction Railway	South Shields (BJ) High Shields Oakwellgate Fugar Bar Wearmouth

South Shields, Marsden and Whitburn Colliery Railway	South Shields (Westoe Lane) Marsden Cottage Halt Marsden (Whitburn Colliery)

York, Newcastle and Berwick Railway	Monkwearmouth Hendon (Tyne and Wear) Fawcett Street Millfield Pallion Hylton Cox Green

Blyth and Tyne Railway	Backworth Prospect Hill

Leamside Line	Usworth Washington Penshaw

Durham and Sunderland Railway	Sunderland Moor Ryhope Seaton Bank Top

Riverside Branch	Byker St Peter's (Newcastle) St Anthony's Walker Carville Point Pleasant Willington Quay

Newcastle and Berwick Railway	Dudley Colliery Annitsford Killingworth Forest Hall

Other	Gateshead East Gateshead West Heaton Newcastle Carliol Square Tyne Commission Quay

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