Backworth railway station
Backworth | |
|---|---|
North Eastern Railway | |
| Post-grouping | London and North Eastern Railway |
| Key dates | |
| 28 August 1841 | B&T station opened as Holywell |
| April 1860 | B&T station renamed Backworth |
| 27 June 1864 | B&T station closed |
| 27 June 1864 | Opened as Hotspur |
| June 1865 | Renamed Backworth |
| 13 June 1977 | Closed |
Backworth railway station served part of Newcastle in the English county of Northumberland, later part of Tyne and Wear. The station opened as Hotspur, replacing another Backworth station on the line to Morpeth which had been opened as Holywell.
History
Opened by the
North Eastern Railway
in 1904 to fight competition from the newly built electric tramways, but was de-electrified in the 1960s.
The station was then closed by the British Railways Board to enable the construction of the Tyne and Wear Metro, but was not re-opened as part of that system. Initially Shiremoor was the nearest metro station to the site until the 2005 opening of Northumberland Park.
The site today
The closest station to Backworth today is
Tyne & Wear Metro
, located a short distance to the south east of the original station site. It is around a twenty-minute walk from the centre of the village.
References
- R.V.J. Butt (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations. Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 1-85260-508-1The halt is pictured on page 23.
- A. Jowett (2000). Jowett's Nationalised Railway Atlas. Atlantic Publishing. ISBN 0-906899-99-0
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Backworth railway station.
| Preceding station | Disused railways | Following station | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Heaton Line open; station closed |
North Eastern Railway
Blyth and Tyne Railway |
Backworth (Hollywell) Line open; station closed | ||
North Eastern Railway
North Tyneside Loop |
West Monkseaton |
55°02′02″N 1°31′05″W / 55.034°N 1.518°W
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