Alnwick railway station

This article is about the disused station. For the current Alnwick Lionheart station, see Alnwick Lionheart railway station.

Alnwick railway station was the terminus of the Alnwick branch line, which diverged from the East Coast Main Line at Alnmouth in Northumberland, Northern England.

Alnwick
General information
Location	Alnwick, Northumberland England
Coordinates	55.410°N 1.699°W / 55.410; -1.699
Platforms	2
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Original company	North Eastern Railway
Pre-grouping	North Eastern Railway
Post-grouping	London and North Eastern Railway North Eastern Region of British Railways
Key dates
19 August 1850	Station opens
5 September 1887	Station moved northwards
29 January 1968	Passenger service withdrawn
7 October 1968	Freight service withdrawn

The branch fully opened on 19 August 1850 but was used by a special train on 6 August. It closed for passengers in January 1968 and completely in October 1968. The station was also the terminus of the Cornhill branch line to Coldstream which closed for passengers in 1930.

History

The first station on the edge of the town opened in 1850. It was replaced by a station nearer the town centre opened in 1887 by the North Eastern Railway. It became part of the London and North Eastern Railway during the Grouping of 1923. The station then passed on to the North Eastern Region of British Railways on nationalisation in 1948.

The station was closed by the British Railways Board in 1968. The platforms have been in-filled, but the trainshed remains intact and in use, including by Barter Books.

The bookshop, with its model railway network, was featured in Michael Portillo's Great British Railway Journeys (first broadcast on BBC2, 23 January 2012) and Tim Dunn's The Architecture the Railways Built (first broadcast on Yesterday, 25 October 2021).

Preceding station		Disused railways		Following station
Terminus		North Eastern Railway Alnwick branch line		Alnmouth Line closed; station open
Edlingham Line and station closed		North Eastern Railway Cornhill branch line		Terminus

Sources

• Butt, R. V. J. (October 1995). The Directory of Railway Stations: details every public and private passenger station, halt, platform and stopping place, past and present (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 978-1-85260-508-7. OCLC 60251199. OL 11956311M.
• Jowett, Alan (2000). Jowett's Nationalised Railway Atlas (1st ed.). Penryn, Cornwall: Atlantic Transport Publishers. ISBN 978-0-906899-99-1. OCLC 228266687.
• Jowett, Alan (March 1989). Jowett's Railway Atlas of Great Britain and Ireland: From Pre-Grouping to the Present Day (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 978-1-85260-086-0. OCLC 22311137.
• John Scott - Morgan. British Independent Light Railways. David & Charles 1980. ISBN 0-7153-7933-X
• "Northumbrian Railways".
• "Sub Brit Page".
• "Aln Valley Railway Society".
• The station on navigable O.S. map

External links

• Alnwick station on navigable 1947 O. S. map
• Disused Stations: Alnwick Station