Haltwhistle railway station
Haltwhistle  | |
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| Location | |
| Place | Haltwhistle |
| Local authority | Northumberland |
| Coordinates | 54°58′05″N 2°27′49″W / 54.9680°N 2.4636°WCoordinates: 54°58′05″N 2°27′49″W / 54.9680°N 2.4636°W |
| Grid reference | NY704638 |
| Operations | |
| Station code | HWH |
| Managed by | Northern Rail |
| Number of platforms | 2 |
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Live arrivals/departures and station information from National Rail Enquiries | |
| Annual rail passenger usage* | |
| 2004/05 | 54,693 |
| 2005/06 |
 63,062 |
| 2006/07 |
67,395 |
| 2007/08 |
72,051 |
| 2008/09 |
72,718 |
| 2009/10 |
 71,562 |
| 2010/11 |
74,038 |
| 2011/12 |
75,958 |
| History | |
| Original company | Newcastle and Carlisle Railway |
| Pre-grouping | North Eastern Railway |
| Post-grouping | London and North Eastern Railway |
| 18 June 1838 | Station opened |
| National Rail – UK railway stations | |
| 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 estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Haltwhistle from Office of Rail Regulation statistics. Methodology may vary year on year. | |
 UK Railways portal | |
Haltwhistle railway station is a railway station which serves the town of Haltwhistle in Northumberland, England. It is located on the Tyne Valley Line 23 miles (37 km) east of Carlisle. The station is managed by Northern Rail who provide all passenger train services.
Services
There is a basic hourly service in each direction (two-hourly evenings, hourly on Sundays), eastbound to Newcastle and westbound to Carlisle. From Monday to Saturday, three westbound services continue beyond Carlisle to Glasgow Central Station, via Kilmarnock.[1] Until December 2009, two of these services went to Stranraer Harbour.
Alston branch line
The station was also formerly the terminus of the Alston to Haltwhistle Railway, a branch line of the Newcastle to Carlisle. Originally built to access the mines around Alston, this line never fulfilled its economic potential and it was closed in 1976 following the completion of an improved road between the two towns. The track was lifted the following year after a preservation attempt by the South Tynedale Railway Preservation Society proved unsuccessful. The society did eventually succeed in buying part of the line and built the South Tynedale Railway, a narrow-gauge heritage railway running from Alston, along the former trackbed as far as Lintley Halt.[2][3][4]
The path of the line follows the Pennine Way for some of its route, and was mentioned by Alfred Wainwright in his Pennine Way Companion.
There are plans to further extend the narrow gauge railway along the former trackbed towards Haltwhistle, although it is unlikely to reach Haltwhistle due to the prohibitive costs of restoring and maintaining the Lambley Viaduct to a standard where it could carry regular rail traffic.
References
- ↑ Northern Rail Timetable 4 - Sunderland & Newcastle to Carlisle 13 December 2009- 22 May 2010 Northern Rail website; retrieved 2009-11-13
- ↑ Subterranea Britannica Disused Stations: Alston
- ↑ Narrow Gauge Pleasure
- ↑ South Tyneside Railway official site
External links
| Preceding station | National Rail |
Following station | ||
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| Hexham | First ScotRail Glasgow South Western Line |
Carlisle | ||
| Bardon Mill | Northern Rail Tyne Valley Line |
Brampton (Cumbria) | ||
| Disused railways | ||||
| Terminus | North Eastern Railway Alston Line |
Featherstone Park | ||
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