Benton Square railway station

Location
	Benton Square Location in Tyne and Wear, England

Benton Square
Benton Square
General information
Location	Benton, Tyne and Wear; England
Coordinates	55°01′28″N 1°32′24″W / 55.0244°N 1.54°W
Grid reference	NZ295700
Platforms	2
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Original company	North Eastern Railway
Pre-grouping	North Eastern Railway
Key dates
1 July 1909	Opened
20 September 1915	Closed
Location
Location
	Benton Square Location in Tyne and Wear, England

Benton Square was a short-lived railway station on the North Eastern Railway's former Blyth and Tyne Railway, adjacent to the Great Lime Road overbridge in the borough of North Tyneside, Tyne and Wear, England.

The station was opened on 1 July 1909 by the North Eastern Railway, in order to serve the Benton Square Colliery and the adjoining miner's cottages. The only facility it had was a booking shed on Great Lime Road. It closed on 20 September 1915 as a wartime economy measure.^[1]^[2]

There are no visible remains of the station, but the line on which the station was built is still in use as part of the Tyne and Wear Metro. Palmersville Metro station lies just on the opposite (western) side of the Great Lime Road bridge.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b "Disused Stations: Benton Square Station". Disused Stations. Retrieved 3 October 2024.
^ Quick, M E (2002). Railway passenger stations in England, Scotland and Wales - a chronology. Richmond: Railway and Canal Historical Society. p. 74. OCLC 931112387.

External links

Preceding station	Historical railways			Following station
Forest Hall Line open, station closed		North Eastern Railway Blyth and Tyne Railway		Hotspur Line open, station closed

[dsbs-1] "Disused Stations: Benton Square Station". Disused Stations. Retrieved 3 October 2024.

[2] Quick, M E (2002). Railway passenger stations in England, Scotland and Wales - a chronology. Richmond: Railway and Canal Historical Society. p. 74. OCLC 931112387.

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