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Alnwick | |
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General information | |
Location | Alnwick, Northumberland England |
Coordinates | 55°24′36″N1°41′56″W / 55.410°N 1.699°W |
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 relocated |
29 January 1968 | Passenger service withdrawn |
7 October 1968 | Freight service withdrawn |
Alnwick railway station served the town of Alnwick, in Northumberland, England. It was the terminus of two routes: the Alnwick branch line, which diverged from the East Coast Main Line at Alnmouth, and the Cornhill branch line to Coldstream.
The first station on the edge of the town opened, along with the branch, on 19 August 1850; it was first used by a special train on 6 August. [1]
It was replaced by a station nearer the town centre, which was 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. [2]
The station was also the terminus of the Cornhill branch line to Coldstream, which closed to passengers on 22 September 1930. [2]
It was closed to passengers by the British Railways Board in January 1968 and completely in October 1968. [2]
In 1993, a proposal to redevelop the site into a supermarket failed. [2]
Preceding station | Disused railways | Following station | ||
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Terminus | North Eastern Railway Alnwick branch line | Alnmouth Line closed; station open | ||
Edlingham Line and station closed | North Eastern Railway Cornhill branch line | Terminus |
The trainshed remains intact and in use, including by Barter Books; the platforms have been in-filled. [2]
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).[ citation needed ]