Harbours & ports · North East England
Point Pleasant railway station
Point Pleasant railway station in England North East, United Kingdom.

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Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 45 min–1.5 h
About
Point Pleasant 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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From the Wikipedia article
Point Pleasant was a railway station situated on the Riverside Branch, a line connecting Byker and Willington Quay. Serving the area of Willington Quay in North Tyneside, the station provided transportation services for local residents and travelers in the region. Point Pleasant station began its operations on October 1, 1898, initially as an unadvertised halt established by the North Eastern Railway. It was later officially opened to the public on 1 January 1902. This area of Wallsend was a hive of activity, and included many famous shipbuilders, such as the Wallsend Slipway and Engineering Company. The station was modest, with just two platforms and an iron lattice bridge of the standard North Eastern Railway design. Both platforms had a waiting room, with the booking office situated on the down platform.
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Background
History
The Newcastle-upon-Tyne and North Shields Railway Act 1836 (6 & 7 Will. 4. c. lxxvi) received royal assent on 21 June 1836, and the line opened between Carliol Square and North Shields on 18 June 1839. It ran along the north bank of the River Tyne, although, due to the meandering course of the river, it ran some distance from the shoreline at the eastern end. The branch line, designed to closely follow the shoreline of the Tyne and serve the rapidly developing industries and communities, was authorised in 1871. It was built along a route "that consisted for the most part of tunnels, bridges, cuttings, retaining-walls, and embankments". The branch line opened on 1 May 1879. The delay in…
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- Coordinates
- 54.9921, -1.5092
- Address
- | borough = Wallsend, North Tyneside
Sources
- wikidata: Q7208137 (CC0)
- wikipedia: Point Pleasant railway station (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Point Pleasant railway station?
- Point Pleasant railway station is in North East England, in the United Kingdom — coordinates 54.9921°, -1.5092°.