St. Peters railway station

St. Peters
Location
Place	Byker
Area	Newcastle upon Tyne
Coordinates	54°58′02″N 1°34′25″W / 54.967221°N 1.573478°W / 54.967221; -1.573478Coordinates: 54°58′02″N 1°34′25″W / 54.967221°N 1.573478°W / 54.967221; -1.573478
Grid reference	NZ274636
Operations
Original company	North Eastern Railway
Pre-grouping	North Eastern Railway
Post-grouping	LNER British Rail (North Eastern)
Platforms	2
History
1 May 1879 (1879-05-01)	Station opened
23 July 1973 (1973-07-23)	Station closed to passengers and completely
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St. Peters railway station was a railway station that served the ward of Byker, Tyne and Wear, North East England from 1879 to 1973 on the Riverside Branch.

History

The station was opened on 1 May 1879 by North Eastern Railway. The station was situated south of Walker Road near St Anthonys Park. There were sidings serving Malling & Son's Ford Pottery, St Peters Oil Gas Works and Scott's Quarry. In 1961, Queen Elizabeth alighted a train from the station to launch a ship. The platform was decorated for her while the other was strategically hidden by a parked train. In 1972 the buildings were demolished from the up platform and was prepared for closure due to there only being 1868 tickets sold in the year. The station closed to goods facilities 31 October 1966 and closed to passengers on 23 July 1973.^[1]

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Preceding station	Historical railways			Following station
Byker Line and station closed		North Eastern Railway Riverside Branch		St. Anthonys Line and station closed