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Disused railway station in Bensham, Gateshead

Bensham
The station in 1965
General information
Location	Bensham, Gateshead England
Coordinates	54°57′09″N 1°37′10″W / 54.95240°N 1.61946°W / 54.95240; -1.61946
Grid reference	NZ244619
Platforms	2
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Original company	North Eastern Railway
Pre-grouping	North Eastern Railway
Post-grouping	London and North Eastern Railway
Key dates
1 December 1868	Opened
5 April 1954	Closed

Bensham Railway Station was a railway station serving the Bensham area of Gateshead in Tyne and Wear, England. It opened in 1868 and closed in 1954.

A 1911 Railway Clearing House Junction Diagram showing railways around Newcastle and Gateshead, including Bensham (bottom right)

References

Butt, R. V. J. (October 1995). The Directory of Railway Stations: details every public and private passenger station, halt, platform and stopping place, past and present (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. p. 32. ISBN 978-1-85260-508-7. OCLC 60251199. OL 11956311M.
"Ten interesting facts about Bensham & Saltwell". January 2012.

Preceding station	Historical railways			Following station
Low Fell Line open, station closed		North Eastern Railway Team Valley Line		Gateshead Line open, station closed

v t e Closed railway stations in Tyne and Wear
Blyth and Tyne Railway	Backworth Benton Square Forest Hall Jesmond Holywell Moor Edge Newcastle New Bridge Street Prospect Hill
Brandling Junction Railway	South Shields High Shields Oakwellgate Fugar Bar Wearmouth
Derwent Valley Railway	Swalwell Rowlands Gill
Durham and Sunderland Railway	Sunderland Town Moor Hendon (Tyne and Wear) Ryhope
Leamside Line	Usworth Washington Penshaw
Londonderry, Seaham and Sunderland Railway	Hendon Burn Ryhope East
Newcastle & Carlisle Railway	Ryton Scotswood Elswick Shot Tower Newcastle Forth Derwenthaugh Newcastle Redheugh
Newcastle and Berwick Railway	Dudley Colliery Annitsford Killingworth Forest Hall
Ponteland and Darras Hall Branch	West Gosforth Coxlodge Kenton Bank Callerton
Riverside Branch	Byker St. Peters St. Anthonys Walker Carville Point Pleasant Willington Quay
Scotswood, Newburn and Wylam Railway	Newburn Lemington
South Shields, Marsden and Whitburn Colliery Railway	South Shields (Westoe Lane) Marsden Cottage Halt Marsden (Whitburn Colliery)
Stanhope and Tyne Railway	South Shields Jarrow Docks Jarrow Boldon Biddick Lane Vigo
Team Valley Railway	Bensham Low Fell Lamesley Birtley
York, Newcastle and Berwick Railway	Fawcett Street Millfield Monkwearmouth Pallion Hylton Cox Green
Other	Gateshead East Gateshead West Heaton Newcastle Carliol Square Tyne Commission Quay