Newham railway station

Newham
Location
Place	Newham
Area	Northumberland
Coordinates	55°32′50″N 1°43′39″W / 55.5472°N 1.7274°W / 55.5472; -1.7274Coordinates: 55°32′50″N 1°43′39″W / 55.5472°N 1.7274°W / 55.5472; -1.7274
Grid reference	NU173282
Operations
Original company	York, Newcastle and Berwick Railway
Pre-grouping	North Eastern Railway
Post-grouping	LNER
Platforms	2
History
2 January 1851 (1851-01-02)	Opened
5 May 1941	Closed as a wartime economy
7 October 1946	Reopened
25 September 1950 (1950-09-25)	Closed
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Newham railway station was a railway station that served the hamlet of Newham, Northumberland, England from 1851 to 1950 on the East Coast Main Line.

History

The station opened on 1 February 1851 by the York, Newcastle and Berwick Railway. The station was situated on both sides of the level crossing on an unnamed southwest of the hamlet of Newham. Two sidings were to the south of the level crossing facing the down platform; one was elevated above the coal loading bank. Newham was one of the seven stations to be closed due to the Second World War and it reopened on 7 October 1946 but the Sunday services were stopped. There were very few services after the station reopened; there was an 8-hour gap from 9:30am to 5:34pm. This failed to attract passengers and it inevitably closed on 25 September 1950 and goods traffic stopped on the same day.^[1]

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