Alnmouth railway station

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Alnmouth for Alnwick
GNER train enters the station from the north
Location
Place	Alnmouth
Local authority	Alnwick (district)
Operations
Station code	ALM
Managed by	Northern Rail
Platforms in use	2
Live departures and station information from National Rail
Annual Rail Passenger Usage
2004/05 *	0.135 million
2005/06 *	0.165 million
History
Key dates	Opened October 1850
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A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
* Annual passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Alnmouth for Alnwick from Office of Rail Regulation statistics.
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Alnmouth for Alnwick (previously known as Alnmouth railway station) is a station on the East Coast Main Line about one mile from Alnmouth in Hipsburn, Northumberland, northern England. It is 10-15 minutes by road to the town of Alnwick. It is managed by Northern Rail.

It opened on 1 October 1850 as the terminus of the Alnwick branch line, but has served as the principal station for the town of Alnwick since the closure of that line in January 1968. The station was originally known as Bilton Junction; its name was changed to Alnmouth on 2 May 1892, and to Alnmouth for Alnwick on 23 May 2003.

Alnmouth station is served by CrossCountry and National Express East Coast trains running between Newcastle and Edinburgh. Occasional Northern Rail local services operating to and from Chathill also call at Alnmouth.

[edit] Services

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Morpeth		CrossCountry Plymouth - Edinburgh Waverley		Berwick-upon-Tweed
		National Express East Coast East Coast Main Line
Acklington		Northern Rail East Coast Main Line		Chathill

[edit] External links

• Train times and station information for Alnmouth railway station from National Rail
• Northumbrian Branch Line Railways

 

Coordinates: 55°23′33″N 1°38′11″W / 55.3925, -1.6363