Bensham railway station

Bensham
The station in 1965
Location
Place	Bensham
Area	Gateshead
Coordinates	54°57′09″N 1°37′10″W / 54.95240°N 1.61946°W / 54.95240; -1.61946Coordinates: 54°57′09″N 1°37′10″W / 54.95240°N 1.61946°W / 54.95240; -1.61946
Grid reference	NZ244619
Operations
Original company	North Eastern Railway
Pre-grouping	North Eastern Railway
Post-grouping	London and North Eastern Railway
Platforms	2
History
1 December 1868	Opened
5 April 1954	Closed^[1]
Disused railway stations in the United Kingdom
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Bensham Railway Station was a railway station serving the Bensham area of Gateshead in Tyne and Wear, England. It opened in 1868 and closed in 1954.^[2]

A 1911 Railway Clearing House Junction Diagram showing railways around Newcastle and Gateshead, including Bensham (bottom right)

References

↑ Butt, R. V. J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations: details every public and private passenger station, halt, platform and stopping place, past and present (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. p. 32. ISBN 978-1-85260-508-7. OCLC 60251199.
↑ http://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/local-news/ten-interesting-facts-bensham--1342255

Preceding station	Historical railways			Following station
Low Fell Line open, station closed		North Eastern Railway Team Valley Line		Gateshead Line open, station closed

Closed railway stations in Tyne and Wear
Derwent Valley Railway	Swalwell Rowlands Gill
Scotswood, Newburn and Wylam Railway	Newburn Lemington
Newcastle & 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 Fawcett Street Millfield Pallion Hylton Cox Green
Blyth and Tyne Railway	Backworth Newcastle New Bridge Street Prospect Hill
Leamside line	Usworth Washington Penshaw
Durham and Sunderland Railway	Sunderland Town Moor Hendon (Tyne and Wear) Ryhope Seaton Bank Top
Londonderry, Seaham and Sunderland Railway	Hendon Burn Ryhope East
Riverside Branch	Byker St. Peters St. Anthonys 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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