Manors Railway Station

Image: © Andrew Curtis Taken: 2 Feb 2016

Photo taken from the Manors multi-storey car park - see Image Manors was previously a much larger and more significant station at the junction of the East Coast Main Line and the line towards Gosforth. It had nine platforms Image Most of the station was closed in 1978 when the Gosforth line was turned over to the Tyne and Wear Metro and the buildings were subsequently demolished to make way for offices Image The station now has two platforms, on the site of the previous platforms 7 and 8. It is unstaffed, and the only facility is a shelter with a telephone. The platforms are reached by a footbridge rather than the original subway. Manors station is very popular with railway photographers and enthusiasts because it lies in the middle of the tracks of the East Coast Main Line allowing very good views of passing trains, which include freight, passenger and empty stock movements to/from the maintenance depot at Heaton Image The station briefly featured in the 1971 film Get Carter, showing the long staircase from the Trafalgar Street entrance to Manors East. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manors_railway_station

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