Birtley railway station

Birtley
Location
Place	Birtley
Area	Tyne and Wear
Coordinates	54°53′40″N 1°35′07″W / 54.8944°N 1.5852°W / 54.8944; -1.5852Coordinates: 54°53′40″N 1°35′07″W / 54.8944°N 1.5852°W / 54.8944; -1.5852
Grid reference	NZ267556
Operations
Original company	North Eastern Railway
Pre-grouping	North Eastern Railway
Post-grouping	LNER British Railways (North Eastern)
Platforms	2
History
1868 (1868)	Station opened
5 December 1955	Station closed to passengers and completely
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Birtley railway station was a railway that served the town of Birtley, Tyne and Wear, England from 1868 to 1955 on the East Coast Main Line.

History

The station opened in 1868 by the North Eastern Railway. The station was situated north from Chester-le-Street and south of Lamesley station. The station was closed in 1955 to both passengers and freight traffic.^[1]

↑ "Pastscape - Detailed Result: Birtley". Pastscape. Retrieved 24 February 2017.

Preceding station	Historical railways			Following station
Chester-le-Street Line and station open		North Eastern Railway East Coast Main Line		Lamesley 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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