Berwick-upon-Tweed railway station
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Berwick-upon-Tweed | |||
A panoramic view of Berwick-upon-Tweed station. | |||
Location | |||
Place | Berwick-upon-Tweed | ||
Local authority | Berwick-upon-Tweed (district) | ||
Operations | |||
Station code | BWK | ||
Managed by | National Express East Coast | ||
Platforms in use | 2 | ||
Live departures and station information from National Rail | |||
Annual Rail Passenger Usage | |||
2004/05 * | 0.379 million | ||
2005/06 * | 0.395 million | ||
History | |||
1847 | Opened | ||
National Rail - UK railway stations | |||
* Annual passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Berwick-upon-Tweed from Office of Rail Regulation statistics. | |||
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Berwick-upon-Tweed railway station serves the town of Berwick-upon-Tweed in Northumberland. It is located on the East Coast Main Line. It is the most northerly railway station in England, being only a few miles from the most northerly point in England - the Scottish border.
The station lies to the north of the Royal Border Bridge.
In 1847, the Great Hall of Berwick Castle had to be demolished to make way for the newly-built station.
For approximately 5 months in 1979, this was the terminal station for services from London Kings Cross after the East Coast Main Line was blocked by the collapse of Penmanshiel Tunnel. Buses linked this station with Dunbar, from where a railway shuttle service continued to Edinburgh Waverley.
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Preceding station | National Rail | Following station | ||
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Alnmouth | CrossCountry Plymouth - Edinburgh Waverley |
Dunbar | ||
National Express East Coast East Coast Main Line |
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Historical Railways | ||||
connection to Newcastle and Berwick Railway |
North British Railway | Burnmouth Line open; station closed |
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Tweedmouth Line open; station closed |
Newcastle and Berwick Railway | connection to North British Railway |
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[edit] References
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- Anon. (May-June 1966). "Berwick". Perspective East Yorkshire 15: 359.
- Butt, R.V.J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations: details every public and private passenger station, halt, platform and stopping place, past and present, 1st, Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 1-8526-0508-1. OCLC 60251199.
- Jowett, Alan (1989). Jowett's railway atlas of Great Britain and Ireland : from pre-grouping to the present day, 1st, Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 1-8526-0086-1. OCLC 22311137.
- Stoton, Frederick (1909). "Berwick-on-Tweed (North British Railway)". Railway Magazine 24: 473–8.
- Warn, C. (Spring 1980). "Berwick area railways". Northumbriana 19: 21–3.
- RAILSCOT on North British Railway
- RAILSCOT on Newcastle and Berwick Railway