Howdon

Location type

Station

Name and dates

Howdon

Opened on the Newcastle and North Shields Railway.

Nearby stations
Willington Quay
Percy Main [NTSR]
Point Pleasant
Percy Main [B and T]
Percy Main
Hadrian Road
Jarrow
Meadow Well
Museum [NTSR]
Carville
Wallsend
Hebburn
Tyne Commission Quay
North Shields [1st]
Bede
Percy Main Shed
Percy Main North Junction
Wallsend ^G^ Colliery
Northumberland Dock
Pontop Junction
Murton Row Junction
Jarrow Goods
Oil Depot
Hebburn Colliery
Tourist/other
Cramlington Staith
North Eastern Railway Staiths [Northumberland Dock] [West]
Jarrow Staith
Seatonburn Staiths
Seaton Delaval Staiths
Cramlington Staiths
Location names in dark blue are on the same original line.


News items

17/12/2020Temporary Metro Depot becomes operational in North Tyneside [Tyne and Wear Metro]
20/07/2020Tyne & Wear Metros new depot at Howdon almost ready to open [Rail Engineer]

Books


A Regional History of the Railways of Great Britain: The North-east v. 4 (A regional history of the railways of Great Britain)

Newcastle (Rail Centres)

Newcastle Railways (View from the Past)

North Eastern Electrics: The History of the Tyneside Electric Passenger Services, 1904-67

The Railways of Northumberland and Newcastle-upon-Tyne 1828-1998