Heaton railway station
| Heaton | |
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| Location | |
| Place | Heaton |
| Area | Newcastle upon Tyne |
| Coordinates | 54°58′48″N 1°34′54″W / 54.9799°N 1.5817°WCoordinates: 54°58′48″N 1°34′54″W / 54.9799°N 1.5817°W |
| Grid reference | NZ2687065113 |
| Operations | |
| Original company | Newcastle and North Shields Railway |
| Pre-grouping | North Eastern Railway |
| Post-grouping |
LNER British Rail (North Eastern) |
| Platforms | 2 (4 from 1887) |
| History | |
| Before 1856 | First station opened |
| 1 April 1887 | First station closed; second station opened |
| 11 August 1980 | Second station closed |
| Disused railway stations in the United Kingdom | |
| Closed railway stations in Britain A B C D–F G H–J K–L M–O P–R S T–V W–Z |
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Heaton railway station was a railway station in Newcastle upon Tyne, England, near the southern boundary of Heaton with Byker. The station was built in the nineteenth century and closed on 11 August 1980.
In 1839 the Newcastle and Shields railway was opened and this line later became the direct line to the coast from Newcastle upon Tyne, although at that time the line terminated in Carliol Square and not at Newcastle Central Station. This predecessor of the North Eastern Railway company (NER) shared those two tracks up to Heaton Junction and "on the 1st July 1847 Newcastle was connected by rail with Berwick, and thus placed on the main line between Edinburgh and London." The railway line and station at Heaton were built in a cutting.
The first station stood in a cutting on the double track shared by the main line to Edinburgh and the Newcastle & North Shields route. There were two platforms about 100 yards (90 m) in length. The principal building stood on the down (NW) platform, facing a smaller building on the up platform. When it opened the station stood in a rural location, the nearest village being Byker Hill, about ¼ mile to the east, but during the later decades of the 19th century the terraces of the residential suburb of Heaton began to fill the fields on both sides of the railway. In 1887 the line from Newcastle Central Station to Heaton Junction was widened from two tracks to four tracks. The original station was demolished and a new station built further to the west of Heaton Road.
In 1887 the line from Newcastle Central Station to Heaton Junction was widened from two tracks to four tracks. The two tracks to the north were for mainline services to Edinburgh and the two southern tracks for the direct services from Newcastle Central Station to the coast. These two southern tracks were electrified in 1904. There were two island platforms about 210 yards (190 m) long reached by ramps from the ticket offices, which were at ground level alongside the road bridge carrying Heaton Road over the railway. Heaton Junction signal box was about 250 yards (230 m) to the east and gave access from all four tracks to Heaton engine shed and carriage sidings.
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