Serving the area of Willington Quay in North Tyneside, the station provided transportation services for local residents and travelers in the region.
Point Pleasant station began its operations on October 1, 1898, initially as an unadvertised halt established by the North Eastern Railway.
The branch line, designed to closely follow the shoreline of the Tyne and serve the rapidly developing industries and communities, was authorised in 1871.
[4] The delay in opening the line reflected the scale of the engineering works required to build the many tunnels, cuttings and retaining walls.
In the late 1940s, passenger services on the branch were reduced to peak hours only, catering primarily for commuter traffic from the shipyards along the River Tyne.