Annitsford railway station
Annitsford | |
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General information | |
Location | Dudley, North Tyneside England |
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 | |
April 1860 | first station opens as Dudley |
1 Sept 1874 | renamed Dudley Colliery |
April 1878 | renamed Annitsford |
8 July 1878 | station resited |
15 September 1958 | Station closed for passengers |
11 November 1963 | closed for goods |
The first station in the area opened in 1860 as Dudley and served Dudley Colliery and the village of Dudley in North Tyneside, England. It was located on the East Coast Main Line to the north of Newcastle upon Tyne. In 1874 it was renamed Dudley Colliery before becoming Annitsford in April 1878. On 8 July 1878 the station was closed and replaced with a second station 352 yards south of the first station. The railway station was located in Dudley but was named after the nearby village of Annitsford, to avoid confusion with another Dudley in the Midlands.
History
[edit]Opened by the North Eastern Railway, it became part of the London and North Eastern Railway during the Grouping of 1923. The line then passed on to the Eastern Region of British Railways on nationalisation in 1948.
The station was then closed by the British Transport Commission.
The site today
[edit]Trains still pass on the now electrified East Coast Main Line.
References
[edit]- 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. ISBN 978-1-85260-508-7. OCLC 60251199. OL 11956311M.
- Jowett, Alan (2000). Jowett's Nationalised Railway Atlas (1st ed.). Penryn, Cornwall: Atlantic Transport Publishers. ISBN 978-0-906899-99-1. OCLC 228266687.
- Jowett, Alan (March 1989). Jowett's Railway Atlas of Great Britain and Ireland: From Pre-Grouping to the Present Day (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 978-1-85260-086-0. OCLC 22311137.
- Station on navigable O.S. map
External links
[edit]Preceding station | Historical railways | Following station | ||
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Killingworth Line open, station closed |
North Eastern Railway York, Newcastle and Berwick Railway |
Cramlington Line and station open |
55°03′25″N 1°35′53″W / 55.057°N 1.598°W
- Disused railway stations in Tyne and Wear
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