Blyth railway station
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Blyth railway station was situated in Blyth, Northumberland
on the North Eastern Railway
Blyth Branch line, originally part of the Blyth and Tyne Railway.
The railway into Blyth was opened on 3 March 1847, and the first station was at Croft Street (now King Street). On 1 May 1867, a new station was opened to replace the original station. It was at the north end of Turner Street (now part of Regent Street) on the site now occupied by Morrisons
supermarket and the Community Hospital. By the 1890s, there had been an increase in goods and passenger traffic, and a new station was needed. Plans were originally submitted to build a new station on newly reclaimed land on Bridge Street, between Union Street and Beaconsfield Street, but these were turned down after an objection from the neighbouring Thomas Knight Memorial Hospital, on the grounds of noise.
The existing station was rebuilt by the North Eastern Railway (NER) between 1894 and 1896, at a cost of £20,000; most of the construction by J & W Simpson of Blyth. Despite being situated adjacent to a through line, the station was a terminus
. It faced onto Turner Street and had a single island platform projecting from the rear which was half covered by a glazed apex canopy. Adjacent were a goods shed next to Delaval Terrace and a coaling stage as part of the comprehensive facilities. To the west stood South Blyth loco shed, first built in 1879 as a 3-road shed and extended to 6-road in 1895, and a cattle dock. To the north passed the freight-only lines leading to the NER coaling staiths, Blyth gas works, Blyth Harbour Commission and shipyard.
Originally controlled by two signal boxes, Blyth Signal Box at the end of the passenger platforms and Blyth Crossing Box controlling the level crossing near the engine shed on Renwick Road (previously Alexandra Crescent), in latter years only one box (Blyth Crossing) survived. Blyth Signal Box was destroyed by a German parachute mine on the night of 25 April 1941, killing the signaller instantly.
Passenger traffic ceased on 2 November 1964 following the Beeching Report
; the station buildings stood derelict until they were demolished in 1972. Today, nothing remains of the station itself or related buildings, except for the Station Master's house which still stands inhabited at Delaval Terrace.
Blyth, Northumberland
Blyth is a town and civil parish in southeast Northumberland, England. It lies on the coast, to the south of the River Blyth and is approximately 21 kilometres northeast of Newcastle upon Tyne...
on the North Eastern Railway
North Eastern Railway (UK)
The North Eastern Railway , was an English railway company. It was incorporated in 1854, when four existing companies were combined, and was absorbed into the London and North Eastern Railway at the Grouping in 1923...
Blyth Branch line, originally part of the Blyth and Tyne Railway.
The railway into Blyth was opened on 3 March 1847, and the first station was at Croft Street (now King Street). On 1 May 1867, a new station was opened to replace the original station. It was at the north end of Turner Street (now part of Regent Street) on the site now occupied by Morrisons
Morrisons
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supermarket and the Community Hospital. By the 1890s, there had been an increase in goods and passenger traffic, and a new station was needed. Plans were originally submitted to build a new station on newly reclaimed land on Bridge Street, between Union Street and Beaconsfield Street, but these were turned down after an objection from the neighbouring Thomas Knight Memorial Hospital, on the grounds of noise.
The existing station was rebuilt by the North Eastern Railway (NER) between 1894 and 1896, at a cost of £20,000; most of the construction by J & W Simpson of Blyth. Despite being situated adjacent to a through line, the station was a terminus
Terminal Station
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. It faced onto Turner Street and had a single island platform projecting from the rear which was half covered by a glazed apex canopy. Adjacent were a goods shed next to Delaval Terrace and a coaling stage as part of the comprehensive facilities. To the west stood South Blyth loco shed, first built in 1879 as a 3-road shed and extended to 6-road in 1895, and a cattle dock. To the north passed the freight-only lines leading to the NER coaling staiths, Blyth gas works, Blyth Harbour Commission and shipyard.
Originally controlled by two signal boxes, Blyth Signal Box at the end of the passenger platforms and Blyth Crossing Box controlling the level crossing near the engine shed on Renwick Road (previously Alexandra Crescent), in latter years only one box (Blyth Crossing) survived. Blyth Signal Box was destroyed by a German parachute mine on the night of 25 April 1941, killing the signaller instantly.
Passenger traffic ceased on 2 November 1964 following the Beeching Report
Beeching Axe
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; the station buildings stood derelict until they were demolished in 1972. Today, nothing remains of the station itself or related buildings, except for the Station Master's house which still stands inhabited at Delaval Terrace.