West Gosforth railway station

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West Gosforth
General information
Location Gosforth, Newcastle upon Tyne
England
Coordinates 55°00′41″N1°37′17″W / 55.0114°N 1.6215°W / 55.0114; -1.6215
Grid reference NZ243686
Platforms2
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original company North Eastern Railway
Pre-groupingNorth Eastern Railway
Post-grouping London and North Eastern Railway
Key dates
1 June 1905 (1905-06-01)Opened
17 June 1929Closed to passengers
14 August 1967 (1967-08-14)Closed to freight

West Gosforth 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 Gosforth in Newcastle upon Tyne. It was opened in 1905, closed to passengers in 1929, and to goods traffic in 1967.

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The station was situated near to the junction of the Great North Road (B1318) and Hollywood Avenue. The station site is now occupied by the Regent Centre Interchange on the Tyne and Wear Metro.

History

The Gosforth and Ponteland Light Railway was formed in 1899, under the Light Railways Act 1896 (59 & 60 Vict. c. 48), and 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]

West Gosforth station was opened on 1 June 1905. It consisted of two side platforms, and had simple pitched roof station building and a signal box on the down platform, with access to a small goods shed at the back of the same platform. 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. [2] [3]

As a result of poor passenger numbers, the station, along with the branch line closed to passengers on 17 June 1929. It remained open for goods traffic, although the station at West Gosforth was downgraded to a public delivery siding on 23 August 1954, before closing altogether on 14 August 1967. The line through the station remained open, to serve sidings at the ICI Callerton explosives depot, situated between Callerton and Ponteland, and Rowntree's Fawdon factory, just west of Coxlodge. [2] [4]

In May 1981, the line between South Gosforth and Bank Foot was rebuilt to become part of the Tyne and Wear Metro network. Freight traffic to and from Rowntree's factory and ICI Callerton continued to share the line with the metro until they closed in July 1988 and March 1989 respectively. The Metro line was later extended from Bank Foot to Newcastle Airport in November 1991. The current station at Regent Centre is situated on the site of the former station of West Gosforth. [2] [5] [6] [7] [8]

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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. 1 2 3 Young, Alan (26 May 2017). "Disused Stations: West Gosforth". Disused Stations. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
  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. 421. ISBN   978-0901461575.
  5. ↑ Hoole, Ken (1987). The North Eastern Electrics. The Oakwood Press. ISBN   0 85361 358 3.
  6. ↑ "Metro's airport extension celebrates its 25th year". Nexus. 17 November 2016. Retrieved 24 May 2020.
  7. ↑ Houlison, Sam (16 November 2016). "The Metro to the airport opened 25 years ago". ChronicleLive. Retrieved 14 November 2020.
  8. ↑ "West Gosforth" (Map). RailMapOnline. Retrieved 22 October 2024. Use 'Layers' tab to add stations and their labels to the map to see the original station location.
Preceding station Historical railways Following station
Coxlodge   North Eastern Railway
Ponteland Railway 		  South Gosforth
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