St. Anthonys railway station

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St. Anthonys
Location Walker, Newcastle upon Tyne
England
Coordinates 54°57′42″N1°33′28″W / 54.9618°N 1.5579°W / 54.9618; -1.5579 Coordinates: 54°57′42″N1°33′28″W / 54.9618°N 1.5579°W / 54.9618; -1.5579
Grid reference NZ284631
Platforms2
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original company North Eastern Railway
Pre-groupingNorth Eastern Railway
Post-grouping London and North Eastern Railway
Key dates
1 May 1879 (1879-05-01)Opened
12 September 1960 (1960-09-12)Closed

St. Anthonys was a railway station on the Riverside Branch, which ran between Byker and Willington Quay. The station served Walker in Newcastle upon Tyne.

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The station was opened to passengers on 1 May 1879 by the North Eastern Railway. [1] It was situated on Walker Road near Belmont Street.

Although the station had no goods facilities, there were sidings to the east of the station that served Locke and Blackett's lead works.

History

The Newcastle and North Shields Railway received Royal Assent on 21 June 1836, with the line opening between Carliol Square and North Shields on 18 June 1839. [2] It ran along the north bank of the River Tyne, although due to the meandering course of the river, it ran some distance from the shoreline at the eastern end.

The branch line, which was designed to more closely follow the shoreline of the Tyne, serving the rapidly developing industries and communities, was authorised in 1871. It was built along a route "that consisted for the most part of tunnels, bridges, cuttings, retaining-walls, and embankments". [3]

The branch line opened on 1 May 1879. [4] The delay in opening the line reflected the scale of the engineering works required to build the many tunnels, cuttings and retaining walls. Despite being a loop line, the line was officially known as the Riverside Branch. [5]

In the early 1900s, tramway competition caused a rapid decline in the number of passengers using the North Eastern Railway's local services in North Tyneside. Therefore, in 1904, the branch line was electrified, using a 600 V DC third-rail system. [6]

Demise and closure

Between 1909 and 1948, an hourly all-day service ran on the line. In the late 1940s, passenger services on the branch were reduced to peak hours only, catering primarily for commuter traffic from the shipyards along the River Tyne.

During the 1950s, the station was the least-used on the branch line, and subsequently closed on 12 September 1960. [1] It was the second station on the Riverside Branch to close, after Byker on 5 April 1954. [7]

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References

  1. 1 2 Quick, Michael (2009). Railway Passenger Stations in Great Britain: A Chronology. Railway and Canal Historical Society. p. 351. ISBN   978-0901461575.
  2. ↑ Allen, Cecil J. (1974). The North Eastern Railway. London: Allan. pp. 81 and 82. ISBN   0-7110-0495-1. OCLC   1255585.
  3. ↑ Tomlinson, William Weaver (1914). The North Eastern Railway: Its Rise and Development. Newton Abbot: David and Charles.
  4. ↑ Allen, Cecil J. (1974). The North Eastern Railway. London: Allan. p. 115. ISBN   0-7110-0495-1. OCLC   1255585.
  5. ↑ Young, Alan (1999). Suburban Railways of Tyneside. ISBN   1-871944-20-1.
  6. ↑ Hoole, Kenneth (1974). A Regional History of the Railways of Great Britain: Volume IV, The North East. Newton Abbot: David and Charles. p. 204. ISBN   0-7153-6439-1. OCLC   643508708.
  7. ↑ Quick, Michael (2009). Railway Passenger Stations in Great Britain: A Chronology. Railway and Canal Historical Society. p. 101. ISBN   978-0901461575.
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