Deadwater railway station

Deadwater

Station building in September 2009
Location
Place Kielder
Area Northumberland
Grid reference NY603969
Operations
Original company Border Counties Railway
Pre-grouping North British Railway
Post-grouping London and North Eastern Railway
North Eastern Region of British Railways
Platforms 1
History
1880 Station opened as Deadwater Foot Crossing
15 October 1956 Station closed to passengers
1 September 1958 Station closed to freight
Disused railway stations in the United Kingdom
Closed railway stations in Britain
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Border Counties Railway

Locale Roxburghshire, Scotland; Northumberland, England
Dates of operation 31 July 1854 13 August 1860
Successor North British Railway
Track gauge 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 12 in)
Legend
   Border Union Railway
Riccarton Junction
   Border Union Railway
Saughtree
Scotland
England

Deadwater
Kielder
Lewiefield Halt
Plashetts
   Plashetts Colliery Waggonway
Falstone
Thorneyburn
Tarset
Charlton
Bellingham, later Bellingham (North Tyne)
   Wansbeck Railway
Reedsmouth
Wark
Barrasford
Chollerton
Chollerford (renamed Humshaugh in 1919)[1]
Wall
   Newcastle and Carlisle Railway
Border Counties Bridge
Border Counties Junction
Hexham
   Newcastle and Carlisle Railway

Deadwater railway station is a closed railway station situated on the border between England and Scotland at the head of the North Tyne River. The station served the settlement of Deadwater which consisted of just six houses, and no local industry.[2]

History

Deadwater railway station was on the Border Counties Railway which linked the Newcastle and Carlisle Railway, near Hexham, with the Border Union Railway at Riccarton Junction. The first section of the route was opened between Hexham and Chollerford in 1858, the remainder opening in 1862. The line was closed to passengers by British Railways in 1956.

The station had a single platform, a stone built station building, and a siding that crossed the border which was just north of the station proper.[3]

The station building and platform still stand.

Former Services
Preceding station Disused railways Following station
Saughtree   LNER
Border Counties Railway
  Kielder

References

  1. Sewell, G. W. M. (1993). The North British Railway in Northumberland (reprint). Baunton, Devon, England: Merlin Books Limited. p. 26. ISBN 0-86303-613-9.
  2. Robson, E. (2007). The Border Line, Frances Lincoln Publishers, page 102.
  3. Deadwater Station, Northumbrian Railways, UK.

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Coordinates: 55°15′48″N 2°37′32″W / 55.2634°N 2.6256°W