The Anonymous Widower

Newsham Station – 30th March 2025

Today, I went to Newcastle and took a ride to the recently-opened ; Newsham station on the Northumberland Line.

Note.

  1. The road bridge over the railway.
  2. When complete there will be a lot of parking space.
  3. The orange bollards in the parking could be electric vehicle chargers, ready to be unveiled.
  4. The full step-free access over the railway via the lifts is already working.
  5. British Railways, its predecessors and many other countries would have just put in a level crossing.
  6. The Completed platform is wide.
  7. Both platforms already have a shelter.
  8. There are help points, information displays, facilities for those with limited hearing and readers for smart ticketing on both platforms.
  9. There is a ticket machine by both lift towers.
  10. The disabled parking is already marked out.
  11. The brickwork and other workmanship is top-class.
  12. There is space behind the platforms for taxis, buses and emergency service vehicles.
  13. There is enough clearance under the two bridges for overhead electrification.

There is still some finishing off and landscaping to do, but it is a station with everything.

I have some other thoughts.

The High Quality Lifts Are By Stannah

Several of the passengers I saw, were getting on in years.

Does the maker of the well-advertised stair-lifts use station lifts, which are likely to be used by those of reduced mobilility, as a promotional tool?

The Station Will Be One Of The Best Rural Stations In The UK, When It is Complete

I can see other stations on a similar theme being built.

Especially, where a level crossing is to be eliminated.

This Google Map shows the level crossing and former station at Six Mile Bottom, near where I used to live.

Note.

  1. The Cambridge and Newmarket railway goes across the map.
  2. Cambridge is to the West and Newmarket is to the East.
  3. The main Newmarket to London road crosses the railway here in a level crossing.
  4. Newmarket is to the North and London and the M11 is to the South.
  5. There used to be a station here and some want it back.
  6. There have been several incidents on the level crossing and Greater Anglia have had serious damage to more than one train.

A station like Newsham would be ideal here.

I can see Morgan Sindall building a few more on this theme.

Could they licence the design to construction companies all over the world?

I’ve certainly, seen similar layouts in Eastern Poland, where there are lots of level crossing accidents, according to our guide on one trip. But he said Russia is a lot worse for level crossing accidents.

March 30, 2025 Posted by | Design, Transport/Travel | , , , , , , , , , , , | 1 Comment