Where is Coxlodge railway station?

Coxlodge railway station is in North East England, in the United Kingdom — coordinates 55.0135°, -1.6446°.

Historic houses · North East England

Coxlodge railway station

Coxlodge railway station in England North East, United Kingdom.

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Coxlodge 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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Coxlodge 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 Coxlodge and Fawdon in Newcastle upon Tyne. It was opened in 1905, closed to passengers in 1929, and to goods traffic in 1965. The station was situated at the junction of Edgefield Avenue, Fawdon Walk and The Meadows. Today the site is occupied by the western (eastbound) platform of Fawdon station on the Tyne and Wear Metro.

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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. Coxlodge station was opened on 1 June 1905. The ticket selling statistics in 1911 showed that this was the least popular station on the branch line. In 1922, the branch line was served by six weekday passenger trains, with an additional train running on Saturday. Only three trains ran through to . As a result of poor passenger…

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