Velvet Hall railway station

Velvet Hall
Location
Place Horncliffe
Area Northumberland
Grid reference NT943490
Operations
Original company York, Newcastle and Berwick Railway
Pre-grouping North Eastern Railway
Post-grouping London and North Eastern Railway
History
27 July 1849 (1849-07-27) Station opened
4 July 1955 Station closed
Disused railway stations in the United Kingdom
Closed railway stations in Britain
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Velvet Hall railway station was a railway station which served the village of Horncliffe.

Contents

History

The station opened on 27 July 1849.[1] It was situated on the Kelso Branch of the York, Newcastle and Berwick Railway, being the first station after the junction at Tweedmouth.[2]

The station closed on 4 July 1955.[1]

Routes

Preceding station Disused railways Following station
Norham
Line and station closed		   North Eastern Railway
Kelso Branch		   Tweedmouth
Line and station closed

Notes

  1. ^ a b Butt 1995, p. 238.
  2. ^ Conolly 1976, p. 31, section D3.

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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
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