Allendale railway station

Allendale
Location
Place Allendale
Area Northumberland
Operations
Original company Hexham and Allendale Railway
Pre-grouping North Eastern Railway
Post-grouping London and North Eastern Railway
Platforms 1
History
1 March 1869 Station opened as Catton Road
1 May 1898 Station renamed Allendale
22 September 1930 Station closed
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Allendale Railway Station was the terminus of the single track branch of the Hexham and Allendale Railway, in north east England. The line connected villages in the area to the railway network via a junction at Hexham.

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History

Authorised in 1865 the Hexham to Allendale Railway was opened in stages, first to Langley-on-Tyne in 1867, then to Allendale (then known as Catton Road) in 1868. Built to carry freight, primarily the product of local lead mines, the line eventually opened to passengers. The passenger service was run by the North Eastern Railway who took over the line in July 1876. Passenger services were withdrawn in 1930 but freight services continued until 20 November 1950 when the line was abandoned.

Former Services
Preceding station Disused railways Following station
Staward Halt   London and North Eastern Railway
Hexham and Allendale Railway		   Terminus

The Site Today

Today, the station site and the first part of the track to Hexham were sold to the former station master who converted them into the Allendale Caravan Park.

References

External links

      Hexham and Allendale Railway 
Locale Northumberland
Successor line North British Railway
Track gauge 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 1⁄2 in)
Legend
   Border Counties Railway
Hexham
   Tyne Valley Line   
Elrington Halt
Langley-on-Tyne
Staward Halt
Allendale
Railway stations in Northumberland
East Coast Main Line
(Newcastle Central) → → Cramlington • Stannington (closed) • Morpeth • Pegswood • Widdrington • Chevington (closed) • Acklington • Alnmouth • Longhoughton (closed) • Little Mill (closed) • Christon Bank (closed) • Chathill • Newham (closed) • Lucker (closed) • Belford (closed) • Smeafield (closed) • Beal (closed) • Goswick (closed) • Scremerston (closed) • Tweedmouth (closed) • Berwick-upon-Tweed → → (Edinburgh Waverley)
Newcastle and Carlisle Railway
(Newcastle Central) → → Heddon on the Wall (closed) • Wylam  • North Wylam (closed) • Prudhoe  • Stocksfield  • Riding Mill  • Corbridge  • Hexham • Fourstones (closed) • Haydon Bridge • Bardon Mill • Haltwhistle • Greenhead (closed) •
Gilsland (closed) → → (Carlisle Citadel)
Former railway lines
Alnwick branch line
Alston Line
(Alston, Cumbria) → → Kirkhaugh • Slaggyford • Lambley • Coanwood • Featherstone Park • Haltwhistle
Amble branch line
Chevington • Amble
Blyth and Tyne Railway
The Avenue • Bebside • Bedlington • Blyth • Choppington • Hartley • Hepscot • Morpeth • Newbiggin • Newsham • North Seaton • Seaton Delaval • Seghill
Border Counties Railway
Hexham • Wall • Chollerford • Chollerton • Barrasford • Wark • Reedsmouth • Bellingham (North Tyne) • Charlton (Northumberland) • Tarset • Thorneyburn • Falstone • Plashetts • Lewiefield Halt • Kielder • Deadwater → → (Riccarton Junction)
Cornhill Branch
Alnwick • Edlingham • Whittingham • Glanton • Hedgeley • Wooperton • Idlerton • Wooler • Akeld • Kirknewton (Northumberland) • Mindrum • Cornhill
Hexham and Allendale Railway
Hexham • Elrington Halt • Langley-on-Tyne • Stawart Halt • Allendale
Kelso Branch
Tweedmouth • Velvet Hall • Norham • Twizell • Coldstream • Sunilaws • Carham → → (Kelso)
North Sunderland Railway
Ponteland Light Railway
(Gosforth) → → Ponteland • Darras Hall
Rothbury Branch
Wansbeck Railway
South Tynedale Railway