Reedsmouth railway station

Reedsmouth

Former Reedsmouth engine shed in 2009.
Location
Place Redesmouth
Area Northumberland
Coordinates 55°08′02″N 2°12′54″W / 55.134°N 2.215°WCoordinates: 55°08′02″N 2°12′54″W / 55.134°N 2.215°W
Grid reference NY863822
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 3
History
1 February 1861 Station opens
15 October 1956 Closed to passengers
11 November 1963 Goods services withdrawn
Disused railway stations in the United Kingdom
Closed railway stations in Britain
A B C D–F G H–J K–L M–O P–R S T–V W–Z
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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 1⁄2 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

Reedsmouth is a closed railway station in Northumberland, England. It was a junction station where the Wansbeck Railway (Morpeth to Reedsmouth) joined the Border Counties Railway (Hexham to Riccarton Junction).

Services

Preceding station Disused railways Following station
Bellingham   London and North Eastern Railway
Border Counties Railway		   Wark
Terminus   North British Railway
Wansbeck Railway
   Woodburn

See also

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.