Killingworth railway station

Disused railway station in Killingworth, North Tyneside

Killingworth
General information
Location	Killingworth, North Tyneside England
Coordinates	55°01′55″N 1°34′56″W / 55.032°N 1.5822°W / 55.032; -1.5822
Grid reference	NZ268709
Platforms	2
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Original company	York, Newcastle and Berwick Railway
Pre-grouping	North Eastern Railway
Post-grouping	LNER British Rail (North Eastern)
Key dates
29 March 1847 (1847-03-29)	Opened
15 September 1958	Closed to passengers
7 June 1965 (1965-06-07)	Closed completely

Killingworth railway station served the town of Killingworth, Tyne and Wear, England from 1847 to 1965 on the East Coast Main Line.

History

The station opened on 29 March 1847 by the York, Newcastle and Berwick Railway. The station was situated south of the level crossing on Killingworth Drive on the B1505. The location of the station was not convenient for the Killingworth village because it was one mile (1.6 km) away but it gained a new source of passengers when the Newcastle races were transferred from Town Moor to Gosforth Park. To cope with the additional traffic a separate island platform was opened from 1896 until 1959 served by trains on race meetings days only. From June 1954 the station was closed on Sunday and by summer 1958 there was only one train called in each direction on Monday to Friday, although there were two on Saturday. The station was one of ten to close on 15 September 1958 and closed completely on 7 June 1965 when goods traffic ceased.

References

Railway passenger Stations by M.Quick page 265
Quick, M E (2002). Railway passenger stations in England, Scotland and Wales - a chronology. Richmond: Railway and Canal Historical Society. p. 248. OCLC 931112387.
"Disused Stations: Killingworth". Disused Stations. Retrieved 23 February 2017.

External links

Preceding station	Historical railways			Following station
Forest Hall Line open, station closed		North Eastern Railway York, Newcastle and Berwick Railway		Annitsford Line open, station closed

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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
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