If you walk to the roundabout past the big shops at Boldon, you'll reach this cycle path which leads southwards towards the edge of Sunderland and Washington. This is the original 1830s alignment of the Stanhope & Tyne Railway, and where Boldon's second station was situated.

When the Stanhope & Tyne was built it cut through fields rather than settlements. As a result, it was a small distance from West Boldon itself and therefore stood on the fringes of the village. This might be why it didn't open with the line itself, instead services formally stopped here from around 1842. This is noted as the West Boldon station in the Durham Chronicle, with the first being the Cleadon Lane station in 1839. (now East Boldon Metro).

It was certainly a modest affair, and only operated until around 1853. If there were any platforms they will have been constructed of timber. I don't think there were any station buildings either, just two sheds which pre-date the station but were retained. One of these may be the coal & lime depot, which went on to be rebuilt at Beamish. Services at this time ran from Darlington, along the Leamside Line to Boldon, then Brockley Whins and Newcastle.

Its last appearance in timetables was in 1853, but remained in use as a goods station until 1967. Until the 1910s the station remained permanently staffed for drop offs and deliveries, but the coal cells went defunct in 1951. From thereafter there was only occasional use of the siding facilities.

The site is now retained as a public bridleway between Boldon and Hylton/Washington.