Newsham Junction
Location type
JunctionName and dates
Newsham JunctionOpened on the Blyth Extension (Seghill Railway).
Description
This junction was immediately south of Newsham station. It opened in 1850 when the 1846 Blyth Extension (Seghill Railway) was met by the Bedlington Private Railway (Bedlington Coal Company).
An additional line to Blyth opened in 1888, forming a loop from a junction at the north end of Newsham's Blyth branch platform.
Both the lines to Bedlington and Blyth [2nd] closed in 1964. The Blyth route closed in 1968, although it remained open as far as Isabella Pit Junction as an approach to Bates Staithes until recent years.
The location is not longer a junction. A signal box remains open at Newsham South Level Crossing about 2/3 mile south.
Tags
Junction| Nearby stations Newsham Blyth [2nd] Blyth [1st] Hartley [2nd] Bebside Hartley [1st] The Avenue Seaton Delaval Bedlington Collywell Bay Cramlington Seghill Choppington Plessey Halt Dudley Colliery [Station] | Newsham South Level Crossing Lady Isabella Colliery Junction Gloria Colliery New Delaval Colliery Isabella Pit Mill Colliery New Hartley Colliery Horton Grange Colliery Blyth Staiths North Blyth Staiths North Blyth Alcan Terminal Bates Colliery Hartford Colliery Seaton Delaval Colliery Tourist/other Bates Staiths |
| Location names in dark blue are on the same original line. | |
