A query on the Newcastle and Carlisle railway stations

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Whilst carrying out research on this line, looking through a wealth of material, I chanced to see what there was on Google and downloaded a template of both closed and open railway stations which appears to have been totally redrawn on 17th May 2013.

On that template, railway stations are shown as the following locations:-
Dunston Power Station....closed in 1981
Stella North Power Station....closed in 1991
Stella South Power Station....closed in 1991

Were these officially timetabled passenger stations ?

 

[MidnightFlyer]

The Eastern Region Quail Map I have from 1988 shows no reference at all to any of those stations, and looking at the maps for the Carlisle-Newcastle line, all I can see that comes close to any of those was the BR station at Dunston (curiously enough with side platform instead of the current island - has it been rebuilt?) and Stella crossover, half a mile west of Blaydon.

Whereabouts do the maps indicate these stations are (i.e. between what existing stations)?

Edit 1 - Ah, hang on. The railway was rerouted around that way in the 1980s I think, it now enters Newcastle from the ECML rather than the old route via Elswick, which survives now as a stub branch line near Central station in Newcastle. Could they have been on this route, which has been cut back progressively over the decades?

Edit 2 - Also, the closure dates also correlate to the closure dates for the power stations themselves, which is what they may actually be referring to, i.e. station as in power station as opposed to railway station.

Further, the map on the right here may help - the dark red is the current route, the light red is the closed route.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Further, the map on the right here may help - the dark red is the current route, the light red is the closed route.

I am indebted for your assistance on this matter. If you see from the link that you were so kind to put in your posting, on the diagram in the text, you will note the currently opened railway stations are shown with a dark red dot, whilst closed railway stations are shown with a pink dot.

Places such as power stations, goods depots and the like when given a mention usually have a red circle with a white centre as the marker. This is what has confused me. As I said in my original posting, someone has very recently updated the diagram and must have forgotten to put the correct symbol on where the three power stations are shown.

 

[142094]

Dunston station itself was closed in the 1920s due to a lack of use, with train using the north bank of the Tyne before crossing over at Blaydon (some trains continued along the north bank of the Tyne to North Wylam). In 1982, the original route was reopened to passenger service, with Dunston station being reopened. 5 year later the MetroCentre was opened, and a new station constructed.

The line north of the Tyne would have survived for the power station traffic until closure, but there were no stations at the actual power station sites.
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Also, AFAIAA Dunston has always had an island platform.

 

[flymo]

The line to Stella North passed about 100 feet from my bedroom window as a kid. Certainly no stations there and watching the 37 run round the coal trains at Newburn on occasion was fun. Caused chaos on Newburn Bridge. Happy times watching the shunting taking place at the power station sidings too, wonder if that kindled my interest in railways...?

 

[142094]

Probably - I've lived next to the ECML for 20 odd years and travelled on the Metro since I was a kid.