Low Fell railway station

Low Fell
Location
Place	Low Fell
Area	Gateshead
Coordinates	54°56′02″N 1°36′35″W / 54.9339°N 1.6098°W / 54.9339; -1.6098Coordinates: 54°56′02″N 1°36′35″W / 54.9339°N 1.6098°W / 54.9339; -1.6098
Grid reference	NZ251599
Operations
Original company	North Eastern Railway
Pre-grouping	North Eastern Railway
Post-grouping	London and North Eastern Railway
Platforms	4
History
1 December 1868 (1868-12-01)	Station opened
7 April 1952 (1952-04-07)	Station closed
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Low Fell railway station served the Low Fell area of Gateshead between 1868 and 1952.

History

The station was opened by the North Eastern Railway (NER) on 1 December 1868.^[1] It was situated on the NER's Team Valley line, which opened for passenger trains the same day – it had been open since 2 March 1868 for freight traffic only.^[2]

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

The station was closed by British Railways on 7 April 1952,^[1] but the line remains open as part of the East Coast Main Line.

References

1 2 Butt, R.V.J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations. Yeovil: Patrick Stephens Ltd. p. 150. ISBN 1-85260-508-1. R508.
↑ Allen, Cecil J. (1974) [1964]. The North Eastern Railway. Shepperton: Ian Allan. pp. 137,141. ISBN 0-7110-0495-1.

External links

Preceding station	Historical railways			Following station
Lamesley Line open, station closed		North Eastern Railway Team Valley Line		Bensham 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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