Chathill railway station
Chathill  | |
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Chathill Railway Station - Station House | |
| Location | |
| Place | Chathill |
| Local authority | County of Northumberland |
| Grid reference | NU186270 |
| Operations | |
| Station code | CHT |
| Managed by | Northern Rail |
| Number of platforms | 2 |
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Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections from National Rail Enquiries | |
| Annual rail passenger usage* | |
| 2004/05 | 1,503 |
| 2005/06 |
 2,279 |
| 2006/07 |
 1,037 |
| 2007/08 |
1,847 |
| 2008/09 |
1,864 |
| 2009/10 |
2,612 |
| 2010/11 |
2,642 |
| 2011/12 |
5,250 |
| 2012/13 |
2,794 |
| National Rail – UK railway stations | |
| * Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Chathill from Office of Rail Regulation statistics. Methodology may vary year on year. | |
| UK Railways portal | |
Chathill railway station is a railway station that serves the village of Chathill in Northumberland, England, and the nearby villages of Seahouses, Embleton, Bamburgh and Belford.
Although located on the East Coast Main Line, the station is served by just two arrivals and departures, Mondays to Saturdays, providing commuting links to and from Newcastle upon Tyne. The services are operated by Northern Rail, which also manages the station. As Chathill is the northern terminus of these services and the Northern Rail network, there are no direct connections between Chathill and stations further north (the Diesel Multiple Unit used on these services runs empty northwards from here to Belford loop to reverse before returning to take up its southbound working).
The station was for many years served by loco-hauled stopping trains between Newcastle, Berwick-Upon-Tweed & Edinburgh Waverley (the British Rail timetable for 1982 had four departures each way from here), but these were reduced in frequency & curtailed at Berwick by BR at the latter end of the 1980s and subsequently withdrawn altogether north of Chathill after the introduction of electric working on the ECML in 1991.[1]
Because of the limited service, an easement permits passengers wishing to travel northwards towards Berwick-upon-Tweed and Scotland may double back via Alnmouth.[2]
The station was opened by the Newcastle & Berwick Railway in 1847 and between 1898 & 1951, it was the southwestern terminus of the North Sunderland Railway. Independent until its takeover by the LNER in 1939, it formed a standard gauge rail link to the fishing village of Seahouses.[3]
References
- ↑ BR National Rail Timetable May 1991 Edition, Table 47
- ↑ http://www.atoc.org/clientfiles/File/RSPDocuments/easements.pdf
- ↑ Wright, 1988
Sources
- Wright, A., (1988), The North Sunderland Railway, The Oakwood Press, Locomotion Papers No. 36, ISBN 0-85361-335-4
External links
- Train times and station information for Chathill railway station from National Rail
- Northumbrian Railways - Chathill Station
| Preceding station | National Rail |
Following station | ||
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| Alnmouth | Northern Rail East Coast Main Line Mondays-Saturdays only |
Terminus | ||
| Disused railways | ||||
| Terminus | London and North Eastern Railway North Sunderland Railway |
North Sunderland | ||
Coordinates: 55°32′13″N 1°42′22″W / 55.537°N 1.706°W
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