Riding Mill railway station
Riding Mill  | |
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| Location | |
| Place | Riding Mill |
| Local authority | Northumberland |
| Grid reference | NZ019615 |
| Operations | |
| Station code | RDM |
| Managed by | Northern |
| Number of platforms | 2 |
| DfT category | F2 |
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Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections from National Rail Enquiries | |
| Annual rail passenger usage* | |
| 2010/11 |
 33,120 |
| 2011/12 |
 29,322 |
| 2012/13 |
26,374 |
| 2013/14 |
28,992 |
| 2014/15 |
33,012 |
| National Rail – UK railway stations | |
| * Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Riding Mill from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year. | |
 UK Railways portal | |
Riding Mill railway station is a railway station which serves the village of Riding Mill in Northumberland, England. It is located on the Tyne Valley Line which runs from Newcastle upon Tyne to Carlisle, and is managed by Northern who provide all passenger train services. The Newcastle to Carlisle railway runs through the village and its station, which was opened in 1835 and is one of the oldest railway stations in the world.
Services
The station has an hourly service to both Newcastle and Hexham on weekdays and Saturdays, with some evening trains continuing on to Carlisle. Many daytime eastbound trains continue to Sunderland and Middlesbrough. There is also an hourly service each way on Sundays, with all trains running through to Carlisle.[1]
A landslip west of the station (caused by heavy rain and a broken drainage pipe) in early January 2016 led to the temporary suspension of services whilst repairs to the track & adjacent cutting were carried out. A replacement bus service ran between Hexham & Prudhoe until the work was completed.[2] The line reopened on 8 February 2016, following the removal of over 35,000 tones of earth from the site.[3]
Notes
- ↑ Table 48 National Rail timetable, May 2016
- ↑ Railway between Hexham and Prudhoe will be closed for weeks after Corbridge landslip Riddell, Kathryn Newcastle Chronicle article 8 January 2016
- ↑ "West line between Carlisle and Newcastle to reopen on Monday after landslip repairs"Network Rail Media Centre; Retrieved 4 February 2016
External links
- Train times and station information for Riding Mill railway station from National Rail
Coordinates: 54°56′55.6″N 1°58′18.7″W / 54.948778°N 1.971861°W
| Preceding station | National Rail |
Following station | ||
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| Stocksfield | Abellio ScotRail Glasgow South Western Line |
Corbridge | ||
| Stocksfield | Northern Tyne Valley Line |
Corbridge | ||