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Newburn
Newburn
	The site of Newburn station in 2008
General information
Location	Newburn, Newcastle upon Tyne; England
Coordinates	54°58′52″N 1°44′38″W / 54.981°N 1.744°W
Grid reference	NZ165652
Platforms	2
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Original company	Scotswood, Newburn & Wylam Railway & Dock Company
Pre-grouping	North Eastern Railway
Post-grouping	London and North Eastern Railway; British Rail North Eastern Region
Key dates
1875	opened
1958	Station closed to passengers
1965	Station closed to goods traffic

Newburn station was a railway station serving the village of Newburn, Newcastle upon Tyne. The station was situated at the bottom of Station Road, near Newburn Bridge, and was on the Scotswood, Newburn and Wylam Railway, a branch line of the Newcastle and Carlisle Railway.

History

The station was opened on 12 July 1875. The station ceased to receive passenger trains on 15 September 1958^[1] and was then closed to goods trains on 26 April 1965.^[2] The station was then largely demolished, but the tracks were kept intact until the early 1990s, for coal traffic to be delivered to Stella North power station. The platforms and trackbed have now all been removed and made into part of a footpath.

References

^ Quick, M. E. (2002). Railway passenger stations in England, Scotland and Wales – a chronology. Richmond: Railway and Canal Historical Society. p. 313. OCLC 931112387.
^ "Newburn Station". northumbrian-railways.co.uk. Northumbrian Railways. Retrieved 23 June 2009.