Usworth railway station

Disused railway station in Usworth, Tyne and Wear

54°54′45″N 1°30′08″W / 54.9124°N 1.5023°W / 54.9124; -1.5023Grid referenceNZ320576Platforms2Other informationStatusDisusedHistoryOriginal companyNorth Eastern RailwayPost-groupingLNER
British Rail (North Eastern)Key datesMay 1864 (1864-05)Opened9 September 1963 (1963-09-09)Closed

Usworth railway station served the village of Usworth, Washington, England from 1864 to 1963 on the Leamside line.

History

The station was opened in May 1864 by the North Eastern Railway. The station was situated south of the level crossing on Usworth Station Road and Washington Road. Goods traffic handled at the station included bricks, potatoes, gravel, sand and livestock. The train services slowly became less frequent with a significant reduction in service during the Second World War^[1] until the September 1953 timetable showed that no trains called as Usworth. The bookings at Usworth had declined to only 5,593 in 1951. From 14 September 1959 there were no staff at the station so the station was class as an unstaffed halt, although the halt suffix was not added to its name. The station was later closed due to the Beeching Report on 9 September 1963^[2] to both passenger services and goods traffic.^[3] The station had been demolished by the 1970s.^[4]

References

^ "Disused Stations:Usworth Station".
^ Quick, M E (2002). Railway passenger stations in England, Scotland and Wales - a chronology. Richmond: Railway and Canal Historical Society. p. 434. OCLC 931112387.
^ "Disused Stations: Usworth". Disused Stations. Retrieved 31 March 2017.
^ "Disused Stations:Usworth Station".