Kenton Bank railway station

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Kenton Bank
Bank Foot Metro - Kenton (Bank) railway station (site), Tyne & Wear (geograph 4254546).jpg
The site of the station in 2010
General information
Location Kenton, Newcastle upon Tyne
England
Coordinates 55°00′51″N1°40′45″W / 55.0142°N 1.6793°W / 55.0142; -1.6793 Coordinates: 55°00′51″N1°40′45″W / 55.0142°N 1.6793°W / 55.0142; -1.6793
Grid reference NZ206689
Platforms1
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original company North Eastern Railway
Pre-groupingNorth Eastern Railway
Post-grouping London and North Eastern Railway
Key dates
1 June 1905Opened as Kenton
1 July 1923Renamed Kenton Bank
17 June 1929Closed to passengers
3 January 1966Closed to freight

Kenton Bank was a railway station on the Ponteland Railway, which ran between South Gosforth and Ponteland, with a sub-branch line to Darras Hall. The station served Kenton in Newcastle upon Tyne.

Contents

The station was opened as Kenton on 1 June 1905, by the North Eastern Railway. It was later renamed Kenton Bank in July 1923, to avoid confusion with the station of the same name on the Mid-Suffolk Light Railway.

History

The Gosforth and Ponteland Light Railway was formed in 1899, under the Light Railways Act of 1896. Construction of the line by the North Eastern Railway was authorised by Parliament in February 1901.

In March 1905, the 7-mile section from South Gosforth to Ponteland was opened to goods traffic, with passenger services commencing in June 1905. [1]

A 11⁄4-mile extension of the branch line to the garden city of Darras Hall in Northumberland, known as the Little Callerton Railway, was authorised in 1909. Unlike the Gosforth and Ponteland Light Railway, the extension was not constructed as a light railway. Passenger services commenced between Ponteland and Darras Hall in October 1913. [2]

In 1922, the branch line was served by six weekday passenger trains, with an additional train running on Saturday. Only three trains ran through to Darras Hall. [3]

As a result of poor passenger numbers, the station, along with the branch line closed to passengers on 17 June 1929. [4] The station remained open for goods traffic, before closing altogether on 3 January 1966. [5]

Tyne and Wear Metro

In May 1981, a section of the former branch line was reopened in stages between South Gosforth and Bank Foot, as part of the Tyne and Wear Metro network. [6] The line was later extended from Bank Foot to Newcastle Airport in November 1991. [7] [8] The current station at Bank Foot is situated near to the site of the former at Kenton Bank.

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References

  1. ↑ Quick, Michael (2009). Railway Passenger Stations in Great Britain: A Chronology. Railway and Canal Historical Society. pp. 103, 131, 142, 234, 326 and 421. ISBN   978-0901461575.
  2. ↑ Quick, Michael (2009). Railway Passenger Stations in Great Britain: A Chronology. Railway and Canal Historical Society. p. 142. ISBN   978-0901461575.
  3. ↑ Bradshaw's Railway Guide (Reprint ed.). London: Guild Publishing. 1985 [1922].
  4. ↑ Quick, Michael (2009). Railway Passenger Stations in Great Britain: A Chronology. Railway and Canal Historical Society. p. 234. ISBN   978-0901461575.
  5. ↑ Young, Alan (2 July 2017). "Disused Stations: Kenton Bank Station". Disused Stations. Retrieved 10 June 2020.
  6. ↑ Hoole, Ken (1987). The North Eastern Electrics. The Oakwood Press. ISBN   0 85361 358 3.
  7. ↑ "Metro's airport extension celebrates its 25th year". Nexus. 17 November 2016. Retrieved 24 May 2020.
  8. ↑ Houlison, Sam (16 November 2016). "The Metro to the airport opened 25 years ago". ChronicleLive. Retrieved 14 November 2020.
Preceding station Historical railways Following station
Callerton   North Eastern Railway
Ponteland Railway 		  Coxlodge
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