Point Pleasant railway station

Point Pleasant
Location
Place	England
Area	Newcastle
Coordinates	54°59′32″N 1°30′33″W / 54.992096°N 1.509212°W / 54.992096; -1.509212Coordinates: 54°59′32″N 1°30′33″W / 54.992096°N 1.509212°W / 54.992096; -1.509212
Grid reference	NZ315664
Operations
Original company	North Eastern Railway
Pre-grouping	North Eastern Railway
Post-grouping	London and North Eastern Railway
Platforms	2
History
1 October 1898	First appearance on timetabled services, with limited worksmens services
1 January 1902	First advertised services
11 July 1966	Goods facilities close
23 July 1973^[1]^[2]	Station closes completely
January 1990	Only station platforms remain at site
May 1998	Site is cleared for new housing
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Point Pleasant railway station served Point Pleasant, an area of Wallsend, Tyne & Wear. It was primarily used by workmen in the nearby shipyards, and was located on the Riverside Branch of the North Eastern Railway.

The Station

The station initially opened to provide a station for the workers in the nearby industries, primarily shipbuilding. 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, an iron lattice bridge (of the standard NER design), and open waiting areas on the Up platform with a wooden 'shed' for waiting and the booking office on the Down platform.

The site today

Today the site has been converted for housing, as has a lot of the surrounding area. The station itself would serve no purpose nowadays, as a lot of the industry that the station originally served has now closed.

References

↑ http://www.disused-stations.org.uk/p/point_pleasant/index.shtml
↑ Passengers No More by G.Daniels and L.Dench

External links

Point Pleasant on a site concentrating on disused railway stations

Preceding station	Disused railways			Following station
Carville		North Eastern Railway Riverside Branch		Willington Quay
Carville		North Eastern Railway Riverside Branch		Terminus

Closed railway stations in Tyne and Wear

Derwent Valley Railway	Swalwell Rowlands Gill

Scotswood, Newburn and Wylam Railway	Newburn Lemington

Newcastle and Carlisle Railway	Ryton Scotswood Elswick Shot Tower Newcastle Forth Derwenthaugh Newcastle Redheugh

Team Valley Railway	Bensham Low Fell Lamesley Birtley

Stanhope and Tyne Railway	South Shields Jarrow Docks Jarrow Boldon Biddick Lane Vigo

Brandling Junction Railway	South Shields (BJ) High Shields Oakwellgate Fugar Bar Wearmouth

South Shields, Marsden and Whitburn Colliery Railway	South Shields (Westoe Lane) Marsden Cottage Halt Marsden (Whitburn Colliery)

York, Newcastle and Berwick Railway	Monkwearmouth Hendon (Tyne and Wear) Fawcett Street Millfield Pallion Hylton Cox Green

Blyth and Tyne Railway	Backworth Prospect Hill

Leamside Line	Usworth Washington Penshaw

Durham and Sunderland Railway	Sunderland Moor Ryhope Seaton Bank Top

Riverside Branch	Byker St Peter's (Newcastle) St Anthony's Walker Carville Point Pleasant Willington Quay

Newcastle and Berwick Railway	Dudley Colliery Annitsford Killingworth Forest Hall

Other	Gateshead East Gateshead West Heaton Newcastle Carliol Square Tyne Commission Quay

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