Haltwhistle railway station

Haltwhistle National Rail
Location
Place Haltwhistle
Local authority Northumberland
Coordinates 54°58′05″N 2°27′49″W / 54.9680°N 2.4636°W / 54.9680; -2.4636Coordinates: 54°58′05″N 2°27′49″W / 54.9680°N 2.4636°W / 54.9680; -2.4636
Grid reference NY704638
Operations
Station code HWH
Managed by Northern
Number of platforms 2
DfT category F1
Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections
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Annual rail passenger usage*
2010/11 Increase 74,038
2011/12 Increase 75,958
2012/13 Decrease 70,934
2013/14 Increase 74,491
2014/15 Decrease 74,308
History
Original company Newcastle and Carlisle Railway
Pre-grouping North Eastern Railway
Post-grouping London and North Eastern Railway
18 June 1838 Station opened
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* Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Haltwhistle from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year.
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Haltwhistle railway station is a railway station which serves the town of Haltwhistle in Northumberland, England. It is located on the Tyne Valley Line 23 miles (37 km) east of Carlisle. The station is managed by Northern.

Services

There is a basic hourly service in each direction (two-hourly evenings, hourly on Sundays), eastbound to Newcastle and westbound to Carlisle.[1] From Monday to Saturday, three westbound services continue beyond Carlisle to Glasgow Central Station, via Kilmarnock.[2] Until December 2009, two of these services went to Stranraer Harbour.

Alston branch line

The Alston train waits in June 1973
September 1973 trains for Newcastle and Alston

The station was also formerly the terminus of the Alston to Haltwhistle Railway, a branch line of the Newcastle to Carlisle. Originally built to access the mines around Alston, this line never fulfilled its economic potential and it was closed in 1976 following the completion of an improved road between the two towns. The track was lifted the following year after a preservation attempt by the South Tynedale Railway Preservation Society proved unsuccessful. The society did eventually succeed in buying part of the line and built the South Tynedale Railway, a narrow-gauge heritage railway running from Alston, along the former trackbed as far as Lintley Halt and to Slaggyford by Easter 2017.[3][4][5]

The path of the line follows the Pennine Way for some of its route, and was mentioned by Alfred Wainwright in his Pennine Way Companion.

References

  1. ↑ GB eNRT May 2016 Edition, Table 48 (Network Rail)
  2. ↑ Northern Rail Timetable 4 - Sunderland & Newcastle to Carlisle 13 December 2009- 22 May 2010 Northern Rail website; retrieved 2009-11-13
  3. ↑ Subterranea Britannica Disused Stations: Alston
  4. ↑ Narrow Gauge Pleasure
  5. ↑ South Tyneside Railway official site
Preceding station National Rail Following station
Hexham   Abellio ScotRail
Glasgow South Western Line
   Carlisle
Bardon Mill   Northern
Tyne Valley Line		   Brampton (Cumbria)
Disused railways
Terminus   North Eastern Railway
Alston Line		   Featherstone Park
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