Scotswood railway station

Scotswood railway station served Scotswood in Newcastle upon Tyne, England. The railway station was located on the former route of the Newcastle and Carlisle Railway from Newcastle upon Tyne to Carlisle. The station opened in 1839 and closed in 1967.

Scotswood
Location
PlaceScotswood
AreaNewcastle upon Tyne
Coordinates54.969°N 1.686°W / 54.969; -1.686
Grid referenceNZ201638
Operations
Original companyNewcastle and Carlisle Railway
Scotswood, Newburn and Wylam Railway
Pre-groupingNorth Eastern Railway
Post-groupingLondon and North Eastern Railway
North Eastern Region of British Railways
Platforms4
History
21 May 1839South platforms opened
12 July 1875North platforms opened
15 September 1958North platforms closed
26 April 1965Goods services withdrawn
1 May 1967South platforms closed
Disused railway stations in the United Kingdom
Closed railway stations in Britain
A B C D–F G H–J K–L M–O P–R S T–V W–Z

History

The South platforms (Blaydon line) had opened by May 1848; the North platforms (North Wylam loop) opened 12 July 1875. The South platform (Blaydon line) service was suspended on 3 September 1966 and the station closed to passengers on 1 May 1967. The buildings and platforms were demolished within five years.[1]

Despite having platforms serving different lines (and, officially different companies at first), Scotswood was regarded as a single station. The northern pair of platforms on the Newburn line was added to the southern pair on the Newcastle–Blaydon line in 1875. Curving away from the original platforms, they were at a higher level, and ended some 50yds to the east.

The original station buildings burned down on 17 October 1879. By the mid-1880s new buildings, including waiting sheds, were completed, and the two sets of platforms were connected by bridge and subway. The new station building, at the east end of the southernmost platform, was a modest brick structure with a small awning. It was accompanied by a wooden pitched-roof building. A similar wooden structure accommodated office and waiting facilities on the opposite platform. Two further, equally unimposing, wooden buildings served the northern platforms.[1]

The station was busy in its early years; in 1895 there were 144,462 tickets issued. Usage declined after the 1930s as people chose to travel by bus instead. By 1951 only 17,180 tickets were issued to passengers. Services became infrequent in later years.[2]

On 4 October 1982 passenger services ceased to use the Newcastle – Scotswood – Blaydon route. Trains were diverted from Newcastle West Junction over King Edward Bridge, then via Norwood Junction and Dunston to Blaydon. Tracks were removed from Scotswood Bridge and eastward beyond Elswick, leaving only a one-mile siding from Newcastle.[3]

Preceding station   Disused railways   Following station
Scotswood Works Halt
Line and station closed		   North Eastern Railway
Newcastle and Carlisle Railway		   Blaydon
Line closed, station open
    Lemington
Line and station closed
Terminus   North Eastern Railway
Derwent Valley Railway		   Swalwell
Line and station closed
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References
  1. "Subterranea Britannica". Retrieved 5 December 2009.
  2. http://www.disused-stations.org.uk/s/scotswood/
  3. "Subterranea Britannica". Retrieved 30 November 2009.


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