Walker railway station

Walker
Location
Place	Walker
Area	Newcastle upon Tyne
Operations
Pre-grouping	North Eastern Railway
Post-grouping	London and North Eastern Railway
Platforms	2
History
1 May 1879	Opened as Low Walker
13 May 1889	Renamed Walker
14 August 1967	Goods facilities withdrawn
23 July 1973	Closed completely
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Walker railway station, known as Low Walker until 1889, served Walker, a residential suburb of Newcastle, in Tyne and Wear. It was situated on the North Eastern Railway's Riverside Branch from Newcastle to Tynemouth via Carville. The station served as a passenger halt and goods depot for shipping companies such as Armstrong Whitworth and other land-based companies including the Northern Wood Haskinizing Company.

On 13 July 1871, the North Eastern Railway (NER) obtained authorisation to construct a 6.5-mile (10.5-kilometre) branch line running from Riverside Junction, between Manors East and Heaton, to Percy Main. The line, which was actually a loop line, had been proposed as a means of relieving the Newcastle and North Shields Railway from Newcastle to North Shields via Wallsend, which was failing to cope with the growing communities around the River Tyne and in the Walker area. According to W.W. Thomas, "the route consisted for the most of tunnels, bridges, cuttings, retaining walls and embankments - an exceptionally heavy series of works". In addition, the line was quite indirect in comparison with the Wallsend tracks.

The Riverside Branch opened in 1879 and served the following stations: Byker(from 1901), St Peters, St Anthony's, Low Walker (Walker from 1889), Carville, Point Pleasant and Willington Quay before rejoining the North Shields line at Percy Main.

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