Where is Scotswood railway station?

Scotswood railway station is in North East England, in the United Kingdom — coordinates 54.9690°, -1.6860°.

Heritage railway stations · North East England

Scotswood railway station

Scotswood railway station in England North East, United Kingdom.

A national cycle route marker at scotswood - geograph.org.uk - 2895214 — Ian S — CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons licence

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Typical visit: 1 h–2 h

Scotswood 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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Scotswood railway station served Scotswood in Newcastle upon Tyne, England. The railway station was located on the former route of the Newcastle and Carlisle Railway from Newcastle upon Tyne to Carlisle. The station opened in 1839 and closed in 1967.

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History

The South platforms (Blaydon line) opened 21 October 1839; the North platforms (North Wylam loop) opened 12 July 1875. The South platform (Blaydon line) service was suspended on 3 September 1966 and the station closed to passengers on 1 May 1967. The buildings and platforms were demolished within five years. Despite having platforms serving different lines (and, officially, different companies at first), Scotswood was regarded as a single station. The northern pair of platforms on the Newburn line was added to the southern pair on the Newcastle–Blaydon line in 1875. Curving away from the original platforms, they were at a higher level, and ended some 50yds to the east. The original station…

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