Scotswood railway station (site), Northumberland
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Scotswood railway station (site), Northumberland
Image: © Nigel Thompson Taken: 20 Jul 2013
Opened in 1839 by the Newcastle and Carlisle Railway on the line between those two places, this became a junction station in 1875 when the North Eastern Railway opened an additional line from here along the north bank of the Tyne. Both lines joined again at Prudhoe. This station closed in 1967. View west at the site of the southern platforms towards Blaydon, Prudhoe and Carlisle. The northern platforms for the line via North Wylam to Prudhoe and Carlisle were to the right and slightly behind the camera position. For more detail see http://www.disused-stations.org.uk/s/scotswood/index.shtml. N.B Scotswood wasn't shown in Bradshaw's railway guide until 1848 but newspaper evidence of 1839 opening (and fares) exists.
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Image Location
Latitude
54.968693
Longitude
-1.688349