Where is Plessey railway station?

Plessey railway station is in North East England, in the United Kingdom — coordinates 55.0995°, -1.6333°.

Heritage railway stations · North East England

Plessey railway station

Plessey railway station in England North East, United Kingdom.

What looks like a landfill site in former opencast workings alongside the East Coast main railway line - geograph.org.uk - 3659616 — Steve Fareham — CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons licence

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Typical visit: 1 h–2 h

Plessey 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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Plessey railway station served the hamlet of Plessey, Northumberland, England from 1859 to 1962 on the East Coast Main Line.

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Background

History

The station opened in July 1859, which was when it first appeared in the Bradshaw timetable. It was situated northwest of the level crossing on Shotton Lane. In the early versions of the timetable it was spelled as 'Plessy' and 'Plessay' but in 1864 and onwards it was spelled Plessey. There were two sidings at the station; one had a trailing junction with the up line southeast of the level crossing, the other was northwest of the level crossing and had a training junction with the down line with a headshunt. The station was closed to passengers on 15 September 1958 along with many other minor stations on the line and closed completely on 2 April 1962 when goods traffic ceased.

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