Benton Station (Four Lane Ends Metro Station)
Benton Station (Four Lane Ends Metro Station)
HER Number
1085
District
N Tyneside
Site Name
Benton Station (Four Lane Ends Metro Station)
Place
Longbenton
Map Sheet
NZ26NE
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
Benton Station, on the Blyth & Tyne Railway (HER 1086). Opened on 27th June 1864 and closed on 1st March 1871. Four Lane Ends Metro Station opened on 11th March 1980.
Easting
427030
Northing
568460
Grid Reference
NZ427030568460
Sources
<< HER 1085 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey map, 1864, 6 inch scale, Northumberland, 80; W.G. Elliott, Bygone Days of Longbenton, Benton, Forest Hall, West Moor, Killingworth, Palmersville and Benton Square, Book Two, p 4; W.G. Elliott and Edwin Smith, Bygone Days of Longbenton, Benton, Forest Hall, West Moor and Killingworth, p 47