Gateshead East Railway Station

HER Number

4376

District

Gateshead

Site Name

Gateshead East Railway Station

Place

Gateshead

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

Railway station built on the curving viaduct approach to the High Level Bridge c. 1885-6. Replaced the Greenesfield Station (HER 4374) for passenger traffic. Designed by John Dobson. Site of railway station on the Newcastle and Berwick Railway, opened in 1849, closed in 1965.

Easting

425320

Northing

563490

Grid Reference

NZ425320563490

Sources

<< HER 4376 >> 2nd edition Ordnance Survey map, 1899, 6 inch scale, Durham, 3, SE; K. Hoole, 1985, Railway Stations of the North East; T. Faulkner and A. Greg, 1987, John Dobson Newcastle Architect 1787-1865, p 83