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

Longbenton Metro station is a Tyne and Wear Metro station, and former British Rail station, in the English metropolitan county of Tyne and Wear. It was originally opened on 14 July 1947 by the London and North Eastern Railway, and after conversion work, re-opened as part of phase 1 of the Metro network on 11 August 1980.

The line through Longbenton was opened in 1864 by the Blyth and Tyne Railway, but no station was provided at this location. An earlier station, variously named Benton, Long Benton and Longbenton, was located on the site of today’s Four Lane Ends Interchange. That station opened with the line in 1864 and closed in 1871, when it was replaced by the current Benton station.

By the mid-1940s, the line was part of the London and North Eastern Railway’s North Tyneside Loop, carrying a 600 V DC third rail electric service known as the Tyneside Electrics. At the time, the government was planning the construction of new offices for the Ministry of National Insurance in the area and requested that a new station be provided to improve access.

The station was opened on 14 July 1947. The original station building was constructed in dull red brick to the neoclassical style, described by railway architecture historian, Bill Fawcett, to have been influenced by Charles Holden’s station designs for the London Underground. At first, there was no entrance on the northern side, access to that platform was gained via the level crossing on Vicar’s Lane. It wasn’t until the Longbenton Estate began construction in the mid-1950s that an entrance was added on the northern side. It was joined by a covered concrete footbridge and waiting rooms in about 1958, all of which were frequent targets for vandals by the 1970s.

Following closure for conversion to the Tyne and Wear Metro on 23 January 1978, a number of alterations were made to the station, including the shortening of platforms, construction of a new footbridge with spiral ramps to improve accessibility, and installation of new signage and ticket machines. It re-opened on 11 August 1980, as part of the first phase of the Metro network between Haymarket and Tynemouth via Four Lane Ends.

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

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