Forests & woodlands · North East England
Palmersville
Palmersville in England North East, United Kingdom.
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Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 1 h–3 h
About
Palmersville 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
Palmersville is a Tyne and Wear Metro station, serving the village of Holystone and suburb of Forest Hall, North Tyneside in Tyne and Wear, England. The station was opened in 1986 on the alignment of the former Blyth and Tyne Railway. A Network Rail freight line shares the alignment at this point. This line is part of the Northumberland Line passenger service, but there are no plans for this service to stop at Palmersville.
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Background
History
The station is situated on the opposite side of the bridge with Great Lime Road to the short-lived former station, . This was opened by the North Eastern Railway on 1 July 1909, closing on 20 September 1915, as part of an economy measure during the First World War. On 11 August 1980, the first phase of the Tyne and Wear Metro was opened through the site of the station, using part of the trackbed of the former Blyth and Tyne Railway. As originally opened, there was no metro station between Benton and Shiremoor, this being the longest distance between stations on the network. Palmersville station was subsequently constructed in this gap and opened on 19 March 1986. In 2011, Palmersville was…
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- Coordinates
- 55.0239, -1.5408
- Address
- Forest Hall, North Tyneside
- Established
- 1986
- Official site
- www.whatdotheyknow.com
Sources
- wikidata: Q7128339 (CC0)
- wikipedia: Palmersville Metro station (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Palmersville?
- Palmersville is in North East England, in the United Kingdom — coordinates 55.0239°, -1.5408°.
- When was Palmersville built?
- Palmersville dates to 1986.