Alston railway station
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1973 view from south | |
| Location | |
| Place | Alston |
| Area | Eden |
| Coordinates | 54°48′54″N 2°26′31″W / 54.815°N 2.442°WCoordinates: 54°48′54″N 2°26′31″W / 54.815°N 2.442°W |
| Grid reference | NY716467 |
| Operations | |
| Original company | Newcastle and Carlisle Railway |
| Pre-grouping | North Eastern Railway |
| Post-grouping | London and North Eastern Railway |
| Platforms | 1 |
| History | |
| 17 November 1852 | Station opened |
| 3 May 1976 | Station closed |
| 30 July 1983 | Station opened as narrow gauge terminus |
| Disused railway stations in the United Kingdom | |
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Alston railway station once served the town of Alston, Cumbria, England. The station was the terminus of the Alston Line which ran from the junction at Haltwhistle on the Newcastle and Carlisle Railway.
It is now the terminus of the narrow gauge South Tynedale Railway, a heritage line, in Northern England.
History
Opened by the Newcastle and Carlisle Railway, it was taken over firstly by the North Eastern Railway and later became part of the London and North Eastern Railway during the Grouping of 1923, passing on to the Eastern Region of British Railways during the nationalisation of 1948. It was closed by the British Railways Board in 1976.
The site today
The station is now both the main terminus and headquarters of the Tourist Narrow Gauge South Tynedale Railway.
| Preceding station |  Heritage railways |
Following station | ||
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| Kirkhaugh | South Tynedale Railway | Terminus | ||
| Disused railways | ||||
| Slaggyford | North Eastern Railway Alston Line |
Terminus | ||
References
- Butt, R. V. J. (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 1-8526-0508-1. OCLC 60251199.
- Jowett, Alan (2000). Jowett's Nationalised Railway Atlas (1st ed.). Penryn, Cornwall: Atlantic Transport Publishers. ISBN 0-9068-9999-0. 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 1-8526-0086-1. OCLC 22311137.
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Alston railway station. |
- Station on navigable O.S. map, via npe Maps
- Disused Stations - Alston, via Disused Stations UK
- The station on a navigable Edwardian 6" OS map, via National Library of Scotland