It was built as a terminus of the Newcastle and Carlisle Railway and opened in 1836,[2] when trains could only run as far as Greenhead; not until 1838 was it possible to travel by rail all the way to Gateshead.

In 1849, the L&C enforced an agreement the M&C had undertaken to sell Crown Street to allow full development of Citadel; the L&C then rapidly demolished Crown Street, and the M&C used London Road as its Carlisle terminus until 1851, after which its trains ran to Citadel.

[2] The Newcastle and Carlisle was amalgamated with the North Eastern Railway (NER) in 1862; the following year, passenger services to London Road ceased, the Newcastle service now running to Citadel.

London Road continued to operate as a goods station for the NER.

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