Where is Callerton railway station?

Callerton railway station is in North East England, in the United Kingdom — coordinates 55.0287°, -1.7045°.

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Callerton railway station

Callerton railway station in England North East, United Kingdom.

Level crossing near Callerton Parkway Metro Station - geograph.org.uk - 4422354 — JThomas — CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons licence

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Callerton 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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Callerton was a railway station on the Ponteland Railway, which ran between South Gosforth and Ponteland, with a sub-branch line to Darras Hall. The station served Woolsington in Newcastle upon Tyne. It was opened in 1905, closed to passengers in 1929, and to goods traffic in 1965. The current Callerton Parkway station, on the Tyne and Wear Metro, lies just to the south-east of the original station site.

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Background

History

The Gosforth and Ponteland Light Railway was formed in 1899, under the Light Railways Act 1896 (59 & 60 Vict. c. 48), and construction of the line, by the North Eastern Railway, was authorised by Parliament in February 1901. In March 1905, the 7-mile section from South Gosforth to Ponteland was opened to goods traffic, with passenger services commencing in June 1905. Callerton station was opened on 1 June 1905. The original station building was destroyed by fire in March 1915, and was later replaced by a replica. In 1913, goods traffic arriving at the station included potatoes, livestock, hay and clover. In 1922, the branch line was served by six weekday passenger trains, with an additional…

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