Construction of the line by the North Eastern Railway was authorised by Parliament in February 1901.

[4] The station remained open for goods traffic, before closing altogether on 3 January 1966.

The line through the station however remained open to serve the explosives depot at ICI Callerton, situated between Callerton and Ponteland stations, where explosives were transferred from rail to road for onward transport to quarries in Northumberland.

[3] In May 1981, the line between South Gosforth and Bank Foot was rebuilt to become part of the Tyne and Wear Metro network.

The Metro line was later extended from Bank Foot to Newcastle Airport in November 1991.