(12 Sep 2013, 8:32 pm)AdamY wrote I don't know if this is true and I've never found any evidence to substantiate this claim but, apparently, the railway station at Blaydon will never close as it was bequeathed to the people of Blaydon by Joesph Cowen.

It was demolished in the 70s. Cowen's businesses supported the railway but I don't think he ever owned it, he owned a branch line up to his brickworks (I think) The current building is owned and operated by Northern Trains on behalf of Network Rail