Heritage railway stations · North East England
Swalwell railway station
Swalwell railway station in England North East, United Kingdom.
brian clark — CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons licence
Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 1 h–2 h
- Free entry
About
Swalwell railway station is a place of interest in England North East, United Kingdom — drawn from open-data sources for visitor reference. See the linked Wikipedia article for the full description.
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From the Wikipedia article
Swalwell railway station served the village of Swalwell, Tyne and Wear, England from 1868 to 1960 on the Derwent Valley Railway.
Excerpt from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0. See the source article linked in Sources below.
Background
History
The station opened in April 1868 by the North Eastern Railway. The station was situated on the south side of Hexham Road on the B6317. Freight traffic served collieries, coke-ovens, brickworks, paper mills, dairy farms and the livestock market at Blackhill. This declined during the Second World War. After the war, the station failed to recover its passenger numbers, so it inevitably closed on 2 November 1953. As the road traffic became more efficient, freight traffic declined until it ceased on 7 March 1960. An excursion train later ran to Whitley Bay on 16 June 1962.
Sourced from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Coordinates
- 54.9527, -1.6895
- District
- Gateshead
- Parish
- Gateshead, unparished area
- Postcode
- NE16 3BW
- Parliamentary constituency
- Gateshead Central and Whickham
Sources
- wikidata: Q30595962 (CC0)
- wikipedia: Swalwell railway station (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Swalwell railway station?
- Swalwell railway station is in North-East England, United Kingdom (postcode NE16 3BW), in the parish of Gateshead, unparished area.
- Is Swalwell railway station free to visit?
- Yes, Swalwell railway station is free to enter.
- How do I get to Swalwell railway station?
- Drivers can navigate to postcode NE16 3BW. It sits within the Gateshead Central and Whickham parliamentary constituency.