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Kenton Bank railway station

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As a result of poor passenger numbers, the station, along with the branch line closed to passengers on 17 June 1929. The station remained open for goods traffic, before closing altogether on 3 January 1966.
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In 1922, the branch line was served by six weekday passenger trains, with an additional train running on Saturday. Only three trains ran through to Darras Hall.
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In May 1981, a section of the former branch line was reopened in stages between
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was opened to goods traffic, with passenger services commencing in June 1905.
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The Gosforth and Ponteland Light Railway was formed in 1899, under the
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is situated on part of the site of the former station of Kenton Bank.
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Disused railway station in Tyne and Wear on the Ponteland Railway
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A 1⁄4-mile extension of the branch line to the garden city of
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network. The line was later extended from Bank Foot to
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For more information about the current station, see
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Kenton
Newcastle upon Tyne
55°00′51″N 1°40′45″W / 55.0142°N 1.6793°W / 55.0142; -1.6793
Grid reference
NZ206689
North Eastern Railway
London and North Eastern Railway
Ponteland Railway
South Gosforth
Ponteland
Darras Hall
Kenton
Newcastle upon Tyne
North Eastern Railway
station of the same name
Mid-Suffolk Light Railway
Light Railways Act 1896
59 & 60 Vict.
North Eastern Railway
Parliament
South Gosforth
Ponteland
Darras Hall
Northumberland
Ponteland
Darras Hall
Bank Foot Metro station
South Gosforth
Bank Foot

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