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

Fawdon is a Tyne and Wear Metro station, serving the suburbs of Fawdon, Coxlodge and Kenton in the English city of Newcastle upon Tyne. It was opened in 1981, adjacent to the level crossing carrying Fawdon Lane across the railway and with staggered platforms on either side of the level crossing.

The station is located on the route of the former Gosforth and Ponteland Light Railway, which opened on 1 May 1905. Coxlodge station, which opened three months later with the introduction of passenger services on the line, was situated where the metro station’s western (eastbound) platform is today. The line closed to passengers in June 1929, but remained open for freight traffic, including to and from the ICI Callerton explosives depot, situated between Callerton and Ponteland, and Rowntree’s Fawdon factory, just west of Fawdon.

In the late 1970s the line through the site was restructured to form the second phase of the Tyne and Wear Metro, between South Gosforth and Bank Foot. This opened on 10 May 1981, along with the new Fawdon station. Freight traffic to and from Rowntree’s factory and ICI Callerton continued to pass through the station until they closed in July 1988 and March 1989 respectively. In 1991 the Metro line was extended from Bank Foot to Newcastle Airport.

Fawdon 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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