Carville Station can be seen south east of the Wallsend station which still stands. At this point Wallsend had already grown to be a major Tyneside settlement, most notably for its shipyards on the Tyne. Interestingly the Segedunum site can be seen on the map also.
At this point Carville Station was a principal station on the line, Serving the shipyard workers at Swan Hunters and hosting just under a dozen sidings for wagons and the like.
Carville remains a substantial stopping point on the Riverside Branch. Wallsend was still growing at this point, as can be seen with the post-war building projects popping up to the west. Based on pure speculation, many houses are now not shaded which may be down to WWII bombing, which was substantial in Wallsend.
Carville Station can be seen south east of the Wallsend station which still stands. At this point Wallsend had already grown to be a major Tyneside settlement, most notably for its shipyards on the Tyne. Interestingly the Segedunum site can be seen on the map also.
Name: Carville Railway Station
Region: Wallsend, North Tyneside
Date of Origin: 01/08/1891
Site Type: Railway Station
Condition: Demolished
Status: The site is now a car wash and petrol station. The only existing evidence are the station walls and the station cottages.
Last Updated: 25/05/2020
"The brick-built, single-storey main building was at the west end of the down platform. The frontage was straight and had a large central gable over the entrance, with decorative woodwork under the gable and a finial above. The pitched roof-line of the cross-wings on the platform side ended in half-hipped gables on the frontage. At the east end of the building, looking like an afterthought, was a further section which reversed the roof details of the pavilions, with a half-hipped end facing the platform and a gable end on the frontage.
Because the platforms were built on a tight curve and the building was straight and parallel to the road it fronted, the west end of the platform was progressively wider towards the ramp. Conversely, at the eastern end of the main building, the additional section under a half-hipped roof was recessed, so as not to make the platform dangerously narrow. On the platform, serving as a waiting room, a glazed verandah with a lean-to roof stretched between the cross-wings, and above its central entrance on the platform side was a small gable. The two cross-wing gables were decorated with simple wooden finials and pendants, which survived until closure. On the same side of the tracks beyond the level crossing was a tall brick-built NER signal box with a pitched roof, accompanied by a row of railway cottages. The up platform had a wooden waiting shelter towards its west end.
A more ambitious main building design, with an arched portico, a small tower, and white glazed interior was intended for Carville station but was never built. It was probably thought extravagant for such an industrial environment and for the expected clientele.
Despite its proximity to Wallsend station, Carville was not starved of passengers. In the closing years of the branch, Carville was its busiest station, conveniently situated at the entrance to Wallsend Shipyard. When the siren announced the end of the afternoon shift, hundreds of men poured out of the premises, many of them onto the platforms at Carville; the station, silent during the day, was crowded for a few minutes.
The main building survived until closure, though only the western end of the glazed verandah was intact. If they had the inclination, passengers could admire a display of potted plants on the south-facing waiting room window ledge. There were no buildings on the up platform at closure.
After Carville closed to passengers, a track remained in place until at least April 1987, terminating at Swan Hunter's Wallsend Shipyard.
In 1979 the station was still largely intact.The 'British Railways Carville' enamel sign remained on the exterior wall, and the up platform nameboard had not been removed. Being wooden and faded to the point of illegibility it was not a collector's item. The lower half of the signal box was in place, still bearing its nameplate."
Extract retrieved from the Disused Stations Carville page. Please have a look at their fascinating full article into the station and the line.
