Bensham railway station

Bensham
The station in 1965
Location
Place	Bensham
Area	Gateshead
Coordinates	54°57′09″N 1°37′10″W / 54.95240°N 1.61946°W / 54.95240; -1.61946Coordinates: 54°57′09″N 1°37′10″W / 54.95240°N 1.61946°W / 54.95240; -1.61946
Grid reference	NZ244619
Operations
Original company	North Eastern Railway
Pre-grouping	North Eastern Railway
Post-grouping	London and North Eastern Railway
Platforms	2
History
1 December 1868	Opened
5 April 1954	Closed^[1]
Disused railway stations in the United Kingdom
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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.^[2]

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

References

↑ Butt, R. V. J. (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 1-8526-0508-1. OCLC 60251199.
↑ http://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/local-news/ten-interesting-facts-bensham--1342255

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

Closed railway stations in Tyne and Wear

Derwent Valley Railway	Swalwell Rowlands Gill

Scotswood, Newburn and Wylam Railway	Newburn Lemington

Newcastle and Carlisle Railway	Ryton Scotswood Elswick Shot Tower Newcastle Forth Derwenthaugh Newcastle Redheugh

Team Valley Railway	Bensham Low Fell Lamesley Birtley

Stanhope and Tyne Railway	South Shields Jarrow Docks Jarrow Boldon Biddick Lane Vigo

Brandling Junction Railway	South Shields (BJ) High Shields Oakwellgate Fugar Bar Wearmouth

South Shields, Marsden and Whitburn Colliery Railway	South Shields (Westoe Lane) Marsden Cottage Halt Marsden (Whitburn Colliery)

York, Newcastle and Berwick Railway	Monkwearmouth Hendon (Tyne and Wear) Fawcett Street Millfield Pallion Hylton Cox Green

Blyth and Tyne Railway	Backworth Prospect Hill

Leamside Line	Usworth Washington Penshaw

Durham and Sunderland Railway	Sunderland Moor Ryhope Seaton Bank Top

Riverside Branch	Byker St Peter's (Newcastle) St Anthony's Walker Carville Point Pleasant Willington Quay

Newcastle and Berwick Railway	Dudley Colliery Annitsford Killingworth Forest Hall

Other	Gateshead East Gateshead West Heaton Newcastle Carliol Square Tyne Commission Quay

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