Callerton railway station


Callerton railway station served the village of Woolsington, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, England from 1905 to 1965 on the Ponteland Railway.

History

The station opened on 1 June 1905 by the North Eastern Railway. It was situated immediately northwest of what is Callerton Parkway Metro station today. Like Darras Hall, the station had multiple tracks passing through but only one platform, although this had 3 tracks instead of 2. The station building was destroyed by fire in March 1915. It was later replaced by a replica. The goods traffic in 1913 involved potatoes, livestock, hay and clover. Like, passenger services ceased on 17 June 1929 but the last passenger train was the North East Railtour on 29 September 1963. It closed to goods traffic on 29 November 1965. The platform edges were removed circa 1965 and the station had been demolished by 1973.