Scotswood Works Halt railway station served the area of Scotswood,

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, England from 1915 to 1944 on the Tyne Valley Line.

History

The station opened on 25 August 1915 by the North Eastern Railway. The station was situated between Scotswood Road and Coanwood Road. It was originally opened for workers in the

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in the Armstrong Whitworth's munitions factory. The halt was enlarged by the Ministry of Munitions due to the high number of traffic. After the workforce's decline, Armstrong Whitworth acquired the government's interest in the platforms and buildings and offered them to LNER. The station was first closed on 27 September 1924 but reopened on 7 April 1941M E Quick, ''Railway Passenger Stations in England Scotland and Wales—A Chronology'', The Railway and Canal Historical Society, 2002, p. 356 to serve the munitions workforce again, but closed again in 1944.

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Disused railway stations in Tyne and Wear Former North Eastern Railway (UK) stations Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1915 Railway stations in Great Britain closed in 1924 Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1941 Railway stations in Great Britain closed in 1944 1915 establishments in England 1944 disestablishments in England {{NorthEastEngland-railstation-stub