Birtley railway station

Birtley
Birtley
	The site of the station in 2021
General information
Location	Birtley, Metropolitan Borough of Gateshead, Tyne and Wear; England
Coordinates	54°53′40″N 1°35′07″W / 54.8944°N 1.5852°W
Grid reference	NZ267556
Platforms	4
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Original company	North Eastern Railway
Pre-grouping	North Eastern Railway
Post-grouping	LNER; British Railways (North Eastern)
Key dates
1 December 1868	Opened
5 December 1955	Closed
Location
Location

Platforms4

Birtley railway station served the town of Birtley, Tyne and Wear, England, from 1868 to 1955 on the East Coast Main Line.

Preceding station	Historical railways			Following station
Chester-le-Street Line and station open		North Eastern Railway East Coast Main Line		Lamesley Line open, station closed
Pelton Line and station closed		North Eastern Railway Stanhope and Tyne Railway		Lamesley Line open, station closed

v t e Closed railway stations in Tyne and Wear
Blyth and Tyne Railway	Backworth Benton Square Forest Hall Jesmond Holywell Moor Edge Newcastle New Bridge Street Prospect Hill
Brandling Junction Railway	South Shields High Shields Oakwellgate Fugar Bar Wearmouth
Derwent Valley Railway	Swalwell Rowlands Gill
Durham and Sunderland Railway	Sunderland Town Moor Hendon (Tyne and Wear) Ryhope
Leamside Line	Usworth Washington Penshaw
Londonderry, Seaham and Sunderland Railway	Hendon Burn Ryhope East
Newcastle & Carlisle Railway	Ryton Scotswood Elswick Shot Tower Newcastle Forth Derwenthaugh Newcastle Redheugh
Newcastle and Berwick Railway	Dudley Colliery Annitsford Killingworth Forest Hall
Ponteland and Darras Hall Branch	West Gosforth Coxlodge Kenton Bank Callerton
Riverside Branch	Byker St. Peters St. Anthonys Walker Carville Point Pleasant Willington Quay
Scotswood, Newburn and Wylam Railway	Newburn Lemington
South Shields, Marsden and Whitburn Colliery Railway	South Shields (Westoe Lane) Marsden Cottage Halt Marsden (Whitburn Colliery)
Stanhope and Tyne Railway	South Shields Jarrow Docks Jarrow Boldon Biddick Lane Vigo
Team Valley Railway	Bensham Low Fell Lamesley Birtley
York, Newcastle and Berwick Railway	Fawcett Street Millfield Monkwearmouth Pallion Hylton Cox Green
Other	Gateshead East Gateshead West Heaton Newcastle Carliol Square Tyne Commission Quay

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