Swalwell railway station
Disused railway station in Swalwell, Tyne and Wear From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Disused railway station in Swalwell, Tyne and Wear From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Swalwell railway station served the village of Swalwell, Tyne and Wear, England from 1868 to 1960 on the Derwent Valley Railway.
Swalwell | |
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General information | |
Location | Swalwell, Tyne and Wear England |
Coordinates | 54.9527°N 1.6895°W |
Grid reference | NZ199620 |
Platforms | 2 |
Other information | |
Status | Disused |
History | |
Original company | North Eastern Railway |
Post-grouping | LNER British Railways (North Eastern) |
Key dates | |
April 1868 | Opened |
2 November 1953 | Closed to passengers |
7 March 1960 | Closed completely |
The station opened in April 1868 by the North Eastern Railway. The station was situated on the south side of Hexham Road on the B6317. Freight traffic served collieries, coke-ovens, brickworks, paper mills, dairy farms and the livestock market at Blackhill. This declined during the Second World War. After the war, the station failed to recover its passenger numbers, so it inevitably closed on 2 November 1953. As the road traffic became more efficient, freight traffic declined until it ceased on 7 March 1960.[1] An excursion train later ran to Whitley Bay on 16 June 1962.[2]
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