Seahouses railway station

Seahouses
Location
Place	Seahouses
Area	Northumberland
Grid reference	NU218320
Operations
Original company	North Sunderland Railway
Pre-grouping	London and North Eastern Railway
Platforms	1
History
1 August 1898	Station opened for freight
14 December 1898	Station opened for passengers
27 October 1951	Station closed
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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Seahouses railway station was the brick and wood built eastern terminus of the single track branch of the North Sunderland Railway, in north east England. The line connected village and port of Seahouses to the railway network via a junction at Chathill.

History

Authorised in 1892 the North Sunderland Railway was built privately to serve the newly constructed harbour at Seahouses.^[1] Construction started in 1896, and the line opened in 1898 for freight on 1 August, and passengers on 18 December. The line was rarely profitable and thus the proposed station at Fleetham, and the extension to Bamburgh were never constructed. The line was taken over by the LNER in 1939, and the line closed on 27 October 1951 and officially wound up in the April 1952.^[2]

The construction of the station provided a link to the fishing port and for day trips along the coast and to the Farne Islands.

The station was demolished and the site is now the town car park.

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Former Services

Preceding station	Disused railways			Following station
North Sunderland		London and North Eastern Railway North Sunderland Railway		Terminus

North Sunderland Railway

Locale	Northumberland
Track gauge	4 ft 8 ¹⁄₂ in (1,435 mm)

Legend

East Coast Main Line

Chathill

East Coast Main Line

Pasture Hill Quarry

North Sunderland

Bamburgh (proposed)

Seahouses

Closed railway stations in Northumberland

Kelso Branch	Velvet Hall Norham Twizell Coldstream Sunilaws

Cornhill Branch	Mindrum Kirknewton (Northumberland) Akeld Wooler Ilderton Wooperton Hedgeley Glanton Whittingham (Northumberland) Edlingham Halt

York, Newcastle and Berwick Railway	Tweedmouth Scremerston Goswick Beal Smeafield Cragg Mill Belford (Northumberland) Lucker Newham Christon Bank Little Mill Longhoughton Lesbury Alnwick Chevington Longhirst Stannington Plessey Dudley Colliery

Amble branch line	Amble Broomhill (Northumberland)

North Sunderland Railway	Seahouses North Sunderland

Border Counties Railway	Deadwater Kielder Lewiefield Halt Plashetts Falstone Thorneyburn Tarset Charlton (Northumberland) Bellingham (North Tyne) Reedsmouth Countess Park Wark Barrasford Chollerton Humshaugh Wall

Wansbeck Railway	Woodburn Knowesgate Scotsgap Middleton North Angerton Meldon

Northumberland Central Railway	Rothbury Brinkburn Fontburn Halt Ewesley Longwitton

Blyth and Tyne Railway	Hepscott Choppington North Seaton Ashington Newbiggin-by-the-Sea Bedlington Bebside Blyth Newsham Hartley The Avenue Seaton Delaval Seghill

Ponteland Railway	Ponteland Darras Hall Callerton Kenton Bank

Newcastle and Carlisle Railway	Gilsland Greenhead Fourstones Warden Mickley

Alston Line	Featherstone Park Coanwood Lambley Slaggyford

Hexham and Allendale Railway	Elrington Halt Langley-on-Tyne Staward Halt Allendale

Scotswood, Newburn and Wylam Railway	North Wylam Heddon-on-the-Wall

Coordinates: 55°34′53″N 1°39′18″W / 55.5815°N 1.6550°W / 55.5815; -1.6550

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