Springwell railway station

Springwell railway station served Springwell Village, Tyne and Wear, England, from 1844 to 1871 on the Durham Coast Line.

Springwell
General information
Location	Springwell Village, Tyne and Wear England
Coordinates	54.9549°N 1.5163°W / 54.9549; -1.5163
Grid reference	NZ310623
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Original company	Brandling Junction Railway
Pre-grouping	North Eastern Railway
Key dates
August 1844 (1844-08)	Opened
1 March 1872 (1872-03-01)	Closed
Location

History

The station opened in August 1844 by the Brandling Junction Railway. It was situated 300 yards west of Mill Lane bridge. It closed on 1 March 1872^[1] when the line from Pelaw to South Shields opened. The signal box was still extant in the 1970s.^[2]