Heritage railway stations · North East England
South Gosforth
South Gosforth in England North East, United Kingdom.
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Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 1 h–2 h
About
South Gosforth 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
South Gosforth is a Tyne and Wear Metro station, and former British Rail station, serving the suburb of Gosforth in the English city of Newcastle upon Tyne. It originally opened on 27 June 1864 , as part of the Blyth and Tyne Railway, and became part of the Tyne and Wear Metro on 11 August 1980. Above the station platform is a control centre for the signals and an office are for the Tyne and Wear metro.
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Background
History
The station was opened as Gosforth on 27 June 1864 by the Blyth and Tyne Railway, and it was acquired by the North Eastern Railway (NER) in 1874, along with the rest of the Blythe and Tyne Railway. The station had two side platforms, with entrances on both and linked by an NER style iron footbridge. The principal buildings were on the west side, together with a waiting room and second ticket office on the east side. A station master's house stood to the south of the principal building, and all the buildings were in red brick. By the summer of 1896 the station had an irregular weekday service of a dozen steam trains a day, operating a near circular route from Newcastle Central to Newcastle…
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- Coordinates
- 55.0060, -1.6080
- Address
- Gosforth, Newcastle upon Tyne
- Established
- 1980
- Official site
- www.whatdotheyknow.com
Sources
- wikidata: Q7567374 (CC0)
- wikipedia: South Gosforth Metro station (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is South Gosforth?
- South Gosforth is in North East England, in the United Kingdom — coordinates 55.0060°, -1.6080°.
- When was South Gosforth built?
- South Gosforth dates to 1980.