Carville railway station

Carville
Carville
	The site of the station in 2014
General information
Location	Wallsend, North Tyneside; England
Coordinates	54°59′22″N 1°31′39″W / 54.9895°N 1.5276°W
Grid reference	NZ296642
Platforms	2
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Original company	North Eastern Railway
Pre-grouping	North Eastern Railway
Post-grouping	London and North Eastern Railway
Key dates
1 August 1891	Opened
11 July 1966	Closed to freight
23 July 1973	Closed to passengers

Carville was a railway station on the Riverside Branch, which ran between Byker and Willington Quay. The station served Wallsend in North Tyneside.

The station was opened to passengers on 1 August 1891 by the North Eastern Railway.^[1] It was situated near to the junction of Hadrian Road and Park Road.

Despite the station's close proximity to nearby Wallsend, Carville was the busiest station on the Riverside Branch prior to the line's closure.

^ Quick, Michael (2009). Railway Passenger Stations in Great Britain: A Chronology. Railway and Canal Historical Society. p. 109. ISBN 978-0901461575.

[:0-1] Quick, Michael (2009). Railway Passenger Stations in Great Britain: A Chronology. Railway and Canal Historical Society. p. 109. ISBN 978-0901461575.

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