Fencehouses railway station

Fencehouses
Location
Place	Fencehouses
Area	Tyne and Wear
Coordinates	54°50′47″N 1°30′22″W / 54.8465°N 1.5062°W / 54.8465; -1.5062Coordinates: 54°50′47″N 1°30′22″W / 54.8465°N 1.5062°W / 54.8465; -1.5062
Grid reference	NZ318503
Operations
Original company	Durham Junction Railway
Pre-grouping	North Eastern Railway
Post-grouping	LNER British Rail (North Eastern)
Platforms	2
History
August 1841 (1841-08)	Station opened
4 May 1964	Station closed to passengers
1 June 1964 (1964-06-01)	Station closed completely
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Fencehouses railway station was a railway station that served the village of Fencehouses, Tyne and Wear, England from 1841 to 1964 on the Leamside line.

History

The station was opened in August 1841 by the Durham Junction Railway. It was situated near the north of the level crossing on Station Avenue. Goods sidings were behind the down platform, while more sidings were behind the up platform, branching off to a mineral depot. Adjacent to the station was also a goods shed with a track running through as well as cattle pens and a loading dock to the south. The goods handled at the station were tar and livestock. The station was initially a stop on the passenger service between Rainton Meadows and Oakwellgate in Gateshead but on 19 June 1844, southbound services to were diverted to Gilesgate and Ferryhill along the newly constructed Newcastle & Darlington Junction Railway. Further extensions to this route ultimately led to creation of the Leamside line.

By 1951, passenger bookings had fallen sharply from 141,237 to 21,340. The Beeching Report dealt severely with the County Durham area of railways, leaving only one passenger service running at 5:01am. Passenger services were withdrawn on 4 May 1964 and goods traffic followed a month later on 1 June 1964.^[1]

References

↑ "Disused Stations: Fencehouses". Disused Stations. Retrieved 31 March 2017.

External links

Preceding station	Historical railways			Following station
Rainton Meadows Line and station closed		Durham Junction Railway Rainton Meadows-Oakwellgate		Penshaw Line and station closed
Leamside Line and station closed		North Eastern Railway Leamside line		Penshaw Line and 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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