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:
Early Modern

Specific Period:
C19

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:
2197

Northing:
6339

Grid Reference:
NZ21976339

Lats/Lons:

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