Kenton Bank railway station

Kenton Bank
The site of the station in 2010
General information
Location	Kenton, Newcastle upon Tyne England
Coordinates	55°00′51″N 1°40′45″W / 55.0142°N 1.6793°W / 55.0142; -1.6793
Grid reference	NZ206689
Platforms	1
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 June 1905	Opened as Kenton
1 July 1923	Renamed Kenton Bank
17 June 1929	Closed to passengers
3 January 1966	Closed to freight

Kenton Bank was a railway station on the Ponteland Railway, which ran between South Gosforth and Ponteland, with a sub-branch line to Darras Hall. The station served Kenton in Newcastle upon Tyne. It was opened in 1905 as Kenton, renamed in 1923, and was closed to passengers in 1929, and to goods traffic in 1965.

The current Bank Foot station, on the Tyne and Wear Metro, lies on the site of the original station site.