Benton Railway Station Totem Magnet. Free UK shipping. High quality, hand printed metal fridge magnet. British Railway station name sign, in North Eastern region orange.

Benton is a Tyne and Wear Metro station, and former British Rail station, serving the suburb of Benton, North Tyneside in Tyne and Wear, England. It was opened in 1871, closed in 1978 for conversion to become part of the Tyne and Wear Metro, and joined that network in 1980.

It should not be confused with a previous station, on the site of the current Four Lane Ends Interchange, which opened in 1864, closed in 1871, and was variously called Benton, Long Benton and Longbenton. Nor should it be confused with Forest Hall station on the East Coast Main Line, which opened in 1856, closed in 1958, and was known as Benton until 1874.

The line through the station was opened on 27 June 1864 by the Blyth and Tyne Railway, but there was no station at the site until 1 March 1871, when the earlier Benton station, on the site now occupied by the Four Lane Ends Interchange, was closed and replaced by a station at the current site. On the same date, the short-lived Forest Hall station, situated on the Blyth and Tyne some 0.5 miles (0.80 km) to the east, also closed.

Benton station was acquired by the North Eastern Railway (NER) in 1874, along with the rest of the Blyth and Tyne Railway. The first electric train called at the station on 29 March 1904.

The station was closed on 23 January 1978 to enable the conversion of the line to become part of the Tyne and Wear Metro. It reopened on 11 August 1980, following the opening of the first phase of the metro, between Haymarket and Tynemouth via Four Lane Ends. Prior to the network’s extension to Wearside in March 2002.

Benton Railway Station Totem Magnet, the size of the magnet is 115x30mm and they come on a backing card. There are two magnets on the back, ready to stick on the fridge.

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