Place England Grid reference NZ315664 Original company North Eastern Railway | Area Newcastle Pre-grouping North Eastern Railway Platforms in use 2 | |
Post-grouping London and North Eastern Railway 1 October 1898 First appearance on timetabled services, with limited worksmens services Similar Bensham railway station, Millfield Metro station, Monkwearmouth Station Museum, Percy Main Metro station, St Peter's Metro station |
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.
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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.