High Shields railway station

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High Shields
General information
LocationHigh Shields, South Tyneside
England
Coordinates 54°59′27″N1°26′25″W / 54.9907°N 1.4403°W / 54.9907; -1.4403
Grid reference NZ359663
Platforms2
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original company Brandling Junction Railway Company
Pre-grouping North Eastern Railway
Post-grouping London and North Eastern Railway
Key dates
19 June 1839 (1839-06-19)Opened as South Shields
17 December 1842Resited and opened as High Shields
1879Resited again
1 June 1981 (1981-06-01)Closed

High Shields railway station served the suburb of High Shields, South Tyneside, England, from 1842 to 1981 on the Brandling Junction Railway.

History

The station was opened as South Shields on 19 June 1839 by the Brandling Junction Railway Company. Despite its name, it was actually in High Shields. It was known as Market Place in the local newspaper. It was resited to the north on 17 December 1842. [1] The new site was known as the 'Station at Grewcock's corner' in the notice upon opening.

It was resited in 1879 and closed on 1 June 1981, when the South Shields branch line was closed for conversion to a Tyne and Wear Metro route. [2] [3] The new Metro line however used the former Stanhope and Tyne Railway alignment to reach the town centre, instead of the former B.J.R route, reflecting the gradual movement of the population away from the river over the previous century, so the station was not reopened for Metro services when they began in March 1984.

The track was subsequently lifted, with the station platforms and buildings demolished - no trace now remains, as the location has been cleared and landscaped.

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References

  1. ↑ Quick, M E (2002). Railway passenger stations in England, Scotland and Wales - a chronology. Richmond: Railway and Canal Historical Society. p. 395. OCLC   931112387.
  2. ↑ Quick, M E (2002). Railway passenger stations in England, Scotland and Wales - a chronology. Richmond: Railway and Canal Historical Society. p. 226. OCLC   931112387.
  3. ↑ "High Shields 2nd railway station (site),... © Nigel Thompson cc-by-sa/2.0 :: Geograph Britain and Ireland". Geograph. Retrieved 11 January 2022.
Preceding station Disused railways Following station
Brockley Whins
Line closed, station open		  Brandling Junction Railway Company  Terminus


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