Fontburn Halt railway station

Fontburn Halt
Station building in 2006.
Location
Place Coquetdale
Area Northumberland
Grid reference NZ051942
Operations
Original company Rothbury Branch
Pre-grouping Northumberland Central Railway
North British Railway
Post-grouping London and North Eastern Railway
North Eastern Region of British Railways
Platforms 1
History
1 June 1904 Station opened
15 September 1952 Station closed to passengers
3 October 1956 Station closed to freight
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Closed railway stations in Britain
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Fontburn Halt was a weather board and corrugated iron built railway station in Northumberland on the Rothbury Branch built to serve the pre existing Whitehouse lime works[1] and later the Whitehouse Colliery, and quarries.

History

In 1859 Parliament authorised the Wansbeck Railway Company to build the line from Morpeth to Reedsmouth. In 1862 the line from Morpeth to Scotsgap opened.

The next year the Northumberland Central Railway were authorised to construct a line from Scotsgap to Ford on the Berwick to Kelso line. They also were permitted to build a short branch line to Cornhill. Due to financial difficulties the line was to be built in stages[2] starting with the section from Scotsgap to Rothbury which was started in August 1869 and completed by November 1870. The North British Railway and the branch line became part of the London and North Eastern Railway in 1923. In September 1952 passenger services were withdrawn and the line closed in November 1963[3].

Constructed to serve a local lime works the station later had a number of sidings serving various other local industries including the construction of the nearby Fontburn reservoir[4].

Preceding station Disused railways Following station
Ewesley
Line and station closed
  North British Railway

Rothbury Branch

  Brinkburn
Line and station closed
      Rothbury Branch 
Locale Northumberland
Successor line North British Railway
Track gauge 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 12 in)
Legend
Rothbury
Brinkburn
Fontburn Halt
Fontburn Viaduct
Ewesley
Longwitton
Scotsgap
   Wansbeck Railway   

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