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

Jesmond railway station is a former railway station, serving the suburb of Jesmond, Newcastle upon Tyne in Tyne and Wear, England. It was opened on 27 June 1864 as part of the Blyth and Tyne Railway’s line to Newcastle New Bridge Street, and closed on 23 January 1978 when the line was closed for conversion into part of the Tyne and Wear Metro. With the opening of the Metro, it was replaced by the Jesmond Metro, situated underground some 120 m (130 yd) to the north-west. The old station buildings still exist, and the main building is a grade II listed building. It is now a pub, known as The Carriage.

In the 1860s the Blyth and Tyne Railway, which until then had linked Blyth with Percy Main and Tynemouth, built an extension to a terminus at Newcastle New Bridge Street that included Jesmond as its penultimate station. The station opened, along with the line, on 27 June 1864.

The station was built between 1861 and 1864, possibly to a design by John Dobson. The station had two side platforms, with the principal station building on the western of the two, and a simple waiting shelter on the other. The three-bay principal building was built of brick, with stone quoins and a Welsh slate roof. A station master’s house was provided to the south of the station building.

The station closed on 23 January 1978 to allow for the construction of the Tyne and Wear Metro network. This used the former Blyth and Tyne routeing to the north, but diverged into a new tunnel alignment just to the north, thus bypassing the original station. The new Jesmond Metro station was built some 120 m (130 yd) to the north west of the former station, opening in August 1980

Jesmond 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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