Heritage railway stations · North East England
Fawdon
Fawdon in England North East, United Kingdom.
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Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 1 h–2 h
About
Fawdon 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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From the Wikipedia article
Fawdon is a Tyne and Wear Metro station, serving the suburbs of Fawdon and Kenton in the English city of Newcastle upon Tyne. It was opened in 1981, adjacent to the level crossing carrying Fawdon Lane across the railway and with staggered platforms on either side of the level crossing.
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Background
History
The station is located on the route of the former Gosforth and Ponteland Light Railway, which opened on 1 May 1905. Coxlodge station, which opened three months later with the introduction of passenger services on the line, was situated where the metro station's western (eastbound) platform is today. The line closed to passengers in June 1929, but remained open for freight traffic, including to and from the ICI Callerton explosives depot, situated between and , and Rowntree's Fawdon factory, just west of Fawdon. In the late 1970s the line through the site was restructured to form the second phase of the Tyne and Wear Metro, between South Gosforth and Bank Foot. This opened on 10 May 1981,…
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- Coordinates
- 55.0136, -1.6440
- Address
- Fawdon, Newcastle upon Tyne
- Established
- 1981
- Official site
- www.gurdwarashaheedbabadeepsinghji.co.uk
Sources
- wikidata: Q5438738 (CC0)
- wikipedia: Fawdon Metro station (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Fawdon?
- Fawdon is in North East England, in the United Kingdom — coordinates 55.0136°, -1.6440°.
- When was Fawdon built?
- Fawdon dates to 1981.