Kenton Bank railway station

The Gosforth and Ponteland Light Railway was formed in 1899, under the Light Railways Act 1896 (59 & 60 Vict. c. 48). Construction of the line by the North Eastern Railway was authorised by Parliament in February 1901. The station was opened, as Kenton, on 1 June 1905, the line between and having opened to goods traffic, with passenger services commencing in June 1905. 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 Darras Hall. In July 1923, the station was renamed Kenton Bank, to avoid confusion with the station of the same name on the Mid-Suffolk Light Railway. As a result of poor…