Elswick, Railway Station
Elswick, Railway Station
HER Number
4314
District
Newcastle
Site Name
Elswick, Railway Station
Place
Elswick
Map Sheet
NZ26SW
Class
Transport
Site Type: Broad
Railway Transport Site
Site Type: Specific
Railway Station
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Victorian 1837 to 1901
Form of Evidence
Documentary Evidence
Description
Elswick Railway Station on the North Eastern Railway, Newcastle and Carlisle Branch was designed by J and W Simpson of North Shields, and built between 1888-9 at a cost of £3500. Previous requests for a station in Elswick in the early 1870s had been turned down. The station closed in 1967 due to dwindling passenger numbers.
Easting
421970
Northing
563390
Grid Reference
NZ421970563390
Sources
<< HER 4314 >> 2nd edition Ordnance Survey map, 1899, 6 inch scale, Northumberland, 97, NW
G. Whittle, 1979, The Newcastle and Carlisle Railway, p 134, 184-185
G. Whittle, 1979, The Newcastle and Carlisle Railway, p 134, 184-185