Saughtree railway station

Saughtree
Location
Place Saughtree
Area Roxburghshire
Grid reference NY564981
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
1862 Station opened
1 December 1944 Station closed to passengers
23 August 1948 Station reopens to passengers
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

Saughtree railway station is a closed railway station situated a mile north of the hamlet of Saughtree and two miles from the border with England.[2]

History

Saughtree 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.

The station building and platform have been restored and 400 yards of new track laid.[3]

Former Services
Preceding station Disused railways Following station
Riccarton Junction   London and North Eastern Railway
Border Counties Railway
  Deadwater

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. http://www.subbrit.org.uk/sb-sites/stations/s/saughtree/index.shtml
  3. http://www.subbrit.org.uk/sb-sites/stations/s/saughtree/index.shtml

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Coordinates: 55°16′29″N 2°41′13″W / 55.2748°N 2.6869°W