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Rowlands Gill railway station served the village of Rowlands Gill, Tyne and Wear, England from 1867 to 1963 on the Derwent Valley Railway. History The ...
High Westwood Station was closed in 1942 while the remaining stations survived into the 1950s. The line finally closed on 11 November 1963. [6] The railway is commemorated in the Geordie folk song about an ill-fated train journey from Rowlands Gill, Wor Nanny's a mazer. [5]
Rowlands Gill is situated within Gateshead's Greenbelt, 6 miles southwest of Newcastle just outside of the Tyneside urban sprawl. [2] Transport in the area is mainly focused on Buses as the nearest railway station is Blaydon railway station, 3 miles to the north, and is further away from any Tyne and Wear Metro stations.
London, Brighton and South Coast Railway: 1967 Rowlands Gill: NER: 1954 Rowley: NER: 1939 Rowntree Halt LNER: 1988 Rowrah: Whitehaven, Cleator and Egremont Junction Railway: 1931 Rowsley: Midland Railway: 1862 1967 Rowthorn and Hardwick: Midland Railway: 1930 Rowton Halt: GWR: 1963 Roxburgh: North British Railway: 1964 Royal Albert Dock: Port ...
The railway station opened with the rest of the line on 2 December 1867 and closed to passengers on the 2 November 1953. [1] ... Rowlands Gill Line and station closed
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A railway line was built, bringing a 2-platform station providing services to Sunderland, Newcastle upon Tyne and Durham, and a stock yard from which local farmers shipped their cattle by train. The station opened in 1836, and the Post Office two years later as a Railway Sorting Office.