Mindrum railway station

Mildrum
Location
Place Mildrum, Paston
Area Northumberland
Grid reference NT854339
Operations
Original company North Eastern Railway
Post-grouping London and North Eastern Railway
North Eastern Region of British Railways
Platforms 1
History
2 May 1887 Station opens for freight
5 September 1887 Station opens to passengers
22 September 1930 Station closes to passengers
16 January 1961 Station downgraded to goods siding [1]
29 March 1965 Goods services withdrawn, station closes
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Mindrum railway station was a stone built railway station serving the hamlet of Mildrum and the surrounding villages in Northumberland. It was on the Alnwick to Cornhill Branch which ran from Alnwick to Cornhill Junction on the Kelso line near Coldstream.

History

Authorised in 1882 the Cornhill Branch was 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, and the line opened to freight between Cornhill and Wooperton on 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 Increased bus competition in the 1920s led to passenger trains being withdrawn on 22 September 1930[2] although the service resumed briefly during the Second World War to serve RAF Milfield near Akeld.[3]

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 and Mindrum station following suit on 29 March 1965.

Services

Preceding station Disused railways Following station
Coldstream   North Eastern Railway
Cornhill branch line		   Kirknewton

Present day

The station building is a private residence.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 http://www.subbrit.org.uk/sb-sites/stations/m/mindrum/index.shtml
  2. ↑ http://www.northumberlandnationalpark.org.uk/alnwickcornhill
  3. ↑ http://www.subbrit.org.uk/sb-sites/stations/a/akeld/index.shtml

External links

     Cornhill Branch

Locale Northumberland
Successor North Eastern Railway
Track gauge 4 ft 8 1⁄2 in (1,435 mm)
Legend
   Kelso to Tweedmouth
Coldstream

   Kelso to Tweedmouth
 Mindrum
 Kirknewton
 Akeld
 Wooler
 Ilderton
 Wooperton
 Hedgeley
 Glanton
 Whittingham
 Edlingham
Alnwick
   Alnwick branch line

Coordinates: 55°35′55″N 2°14′00″W / 55.5985°N 2.2333°W / 55.5985; -2.2333


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