Manors railway station

This article is about the National Rail station. For the Tyne and Wear Metro station of the same name, see Manors Metro station.

Manors
General information
Location	Shieldfield, Newcastle upon Tyne England
Coordinates	54°58′22″N 1°36′20″W
Grid reference	NZ252642
Owner	Network Rail
Manager	Northern Trains
Transit authority	Tyne and Wear PTE
Platforms	2
Tracks	3
Connections	Manors
Other information
Station code	MAS
Classification	DfT category F2
History
Original company	Newcastle and Berwick Railway
Pre-grouping	North Eastern Railway
Post-grouping	London and North Eastern Railway British Rail (North Eastern Region)
Key dates
1 July 1847 (1847-07-01)	Opened as Manors
1 January 1909	Renamed Manors East; adjacent station opened as Manors North
20 February 1969	Stations merged as Manors
23 January 1978	Former Manors North closed
Passengers
2020/21	3,858
2021/22	14,420
2022/23	18,940
2023/24	35,892
2024/25	63,914
Location Manors Location within Newcastle-upon-Tyne Manors Location within Tyne and Wear
Notes Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

Manors is a railway station on the East Coast Main Line, which runs between London King's Cross and Edinburgh Waverley. The station serves the Quayside and Shieldfield areas of the city of Newcastle upon Tyne in Tyne and Wear, England. It is owned by Network Rail and managed by Northern Trains. The Metro station of the same name is not directly connected, and located a short walk away. It is 46 chains (0.93 km) from Newcastle, and is the station before Cramlington and Northumberland Park to the north.

History

Electric train at Manors North in June 1967

Manors station opened on 30 August 1850 to replace a temporary station (Newcastle Carliol Square). When the East Coast Main Line was widened to four tracks in 1887, an additional two platforms were built. On 1 January 1909, the former Blyth and Tyne Railway terminus at New Bridge Street closed and the line was extended to join the East Coast Main Line between Manors and Newcastle Central. Manors North was opened on this line, with two through platforms and three bays. The original Manors station was renamed Manors East at this time. The former station at New Bridge Street became a coal yard which supplied customers in the east of the city.

The two stations were combined on 20 February 1969.

In addition to the busy electric service to the coast, Manors was a terminus for trains to Morpeth, Blyth and Newbiggin. Although the Morpeth service had gone by BR days, the Blyth/Newbiggin passenger route survived until 1964.

Reconstruction

Most platforms at Manors closed on 23 January 1978 to allow for the construction of the Tyne and Wear Metro. The station now has two platforms, on the site of the previous platforms 7 and 8. Other parts of the former station remain, including the heavily overgrown platforms 1 and 2 and parts of platform 9. The new station opened on 14 November 1982.

Accidents and incidents

• On 3 March 1913, an empty stock train was in a rear-end collision with an electric multiple unit, due to a signalman's error. Forty-nine people were injured.
• On 7 August 1926, an electric multiple unit overran signals and was in collision with a freight train. The driver had tied the controller down and thus the train was able to continue when he leant out of the train and was killed, when he struck an overbridge.

Facilities

The station is unstaffed, and the only facilities are a shelter with a telephone, a bike rack and a ticket machine (card only). The platforms are reached by a footbridge rather than by the original subway, so the station is not accessible for wheelchair or mobility-impaired users.

Refurbishment

In early 2015, the station received a new shelter, cycle racks, seats and a timetable information board, as requested by a small group of enthusiasts.

Passenger volume

Manors is the least used station in the county of Tyne & Wear.

Passenger Volume at Manors

	2002–03	2004–05	2005–06	2006–07	2007–08	2008–09	2009–10	2010–11	2011–12	2012–13	2013–14	2014–15	2015–16	2016–17	2017–18	2018–19	2019–20	2020–21	2021–22	2022–23
Entries and exits	1,409	1,882	1,390	1,002	1,406	2,574	2,998	2,976	4,120	3,872	4,444	6,474	7,614	9,404	9,068	12,980	17,346	3,858	14,420	18,940

The statistics cover twelve month periods that start in April.

Services

Northern Trains East Coast Main Line
Newcastle – Morpeth – Chathill
Newcastle Manors Cramlington Morpeth Pegswood Widdrington Acklington Alnmouth for Alnwick Chathill

Northumberland Line
Newcastle – Ashington
Newcastle Manors Northumberland Park Seaton Delaval Newsham Blyth Bebside Bedlington Ashington
Services on Sundays extend to/from MetroCentre.

All services are operated by Northern Trains.

On Mondays to Saturdays there is an hourly service between Newcastle and Morpeth, with two trains per day extending north from Morpeth to Chathill and one evening train starting at Hexham. There is also an hourly service between Newcastle and Ashington which started in December 2024 with the reopening of the Northumberland Line.

On Sundays, services to and from Ashington do not stop at Manors. The station has an hourly service between Newcastle and Morpeth, with one morning service starting at Darlington.

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Newcastle		Northern Trains East Coast Main Line		Cramlington
		Northern Trains Northumberland Line		Northumberland Park
	Historical railways
Newcastle		North Eastern Railway Tyneside Electrics (North Tyneside)		Heaton
		North Eastern Railway York, Newcastle and Berwick Railway
	Disused railways
Newcastle		North Eastern Railway Tyneside Electrics (North Tyneside)		Jesmond
		North Eastern Railway Tyneside Electrics (Riverside Branch)		Byker

In popular culture

The station briefly featured in the 1971 film Get Carter, which showed the long staircase from the Trafalgar Street entrance of the station.

Bibliography

• Quick, Michael (2023). Railway Passenger Stations in Great Britain: A Chronology (PDF) (5th ed.). London: Railway and Canal Historical Society.

External links

• Train times and station information for Manors railway station from National Rail