Coldstream railway station

Coldstream
Location
Place Cornhill on Tweed, Coldstream
Area Northumberland
Grid reference NT862395
Operations
Original company North Eastern Railway
Post-grouping London and North Eastern Railway
North Eastern Region of British Railways
Platforms 2
History
27 July 1849 Station opens as Cornhill
1 October 1873 Station renamed Coldstream
15 June 1964 Closed to passengers
29 March 1965 Goods services withdrawn
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Coldstream railway station served the town of Coldstream in Berwickshire, Scotland although the station was across the River Tweed in Northumberland, England. The station was on both the Alnwick to Cornhill Branch which ran from Alnwick to Cornhill Junction on the Kelso line near Coldstream and the Kelso to Tweedmouth line.

History

The project was authorized in 1882, the Cornhill Branch built to link the farming communities of north Northumberland with the market town of Alnwick and link the North Eastern Railway's Kelso line to its Alnwick Branch. Construction started by the North Eastern Railway in 1884. The line opened to freight between Cornhill and Wooperton in 2 May 1887, and the whole line for both freight and passengers on 5 September of the same year. The line had difficulty attracting passengers as many of the stations were some distance from the communities they served. Increased bus competition in the 1920s led to passenger trains being withdrawn on 22 September 1930,[1] although the service resumed briefly during the Second World War to serve RAF Milfield near Akeld.[2]

After a severe storm in 1949 washed away a bridge north of Ilderton station British Railways who had recently taken over the line decided that the volume of traffic along the line did not warrant replacing it. The line was thus split into two, Alnwick to Ilderton, and Coldstream to Wooler which included Akeld. This coupled with an infrequent service caused the line to go further into decline and the section from Alnwick to Ilderton closed on 2 March 1953 with the other section following suit on 29 March 1965.

Services

Preceding station Disused railways Following station
Terminus   North Eastern Railway
Cornhill branch line
  Ilderton
Sunilaws   North Eastern Railway
Kelso to Tweedmouth line
  Twizell

Present day

The station has been demolished and a housing estate occupies the site.[3]

References

External links

     Cornhill Branch

Locale Northumberland
Predecessor North Eastern Railway
Track gauge 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 12 in)
Legend
   Kelso to Tweedmouth
Coldstream
   Kelso to Tweedmouth
Mindrum
Kirknewton
Akeld
Wooler
Ilderton
Wooperton
Hedgeley
Glanton
Whittingham
Edlingham
Alnwick
   Alnwick branch line

Coordinates: 55°38′58″N 2°13′07″W / 55.64945°N 2.21868°W