Byker Station (Byker Platform)

HER Number:
17542

District:
Newcastle

Site Name:
Byker Station (Byker Platform)

Place:
Byker

Map Sheet:
NZ26SE

Class:
Transport

Site Type: Broad:
Railway Transport Site

Site Type: Specific:
Railway Station

General Period:
POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period:
Victorian 1837 to 1901

Form of Evidence:
Documentary Evidence

Description:
Byker station. Opened for workmen 1884 and running timetabled services from 1st March 1901. Demolished and cutting infilled - now Morrisons car park. The station was basic and consisted of a waiting shelter on each platform and a small booking office. A footbridge connected the platforms. Referred to as Byker Platform prior to opening to general passenger traffic. Passenger use was limited due to the proximity of the superior Heaton Station. Byker station closed 5th April 1954. By 1989 only the platforms remained. The site was landfilled and redeveloped as a car park in 2002.

Easting:
426570

Northing:
564830

Grid Reference:
NZ426570564830

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
http://www.disused-stations.org.uk/b/byker/index.shtml