Lucker railway station

Lucker
The site of the station, looking northwest towards Belford, in 2018
General information
Location	Lucker, Northumberland England
Coordinates	55°34′21″N1°45′32″W / 55.5724°N 1.7589°W / 55.5724; -1.7589
Grid reference	NU153310
Platforms	2
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Original company	York, Newcastle and Berwick Railway
Pre-grouping	North Eastern Railway
Post-grouping	LNER British Railways (North Eastern)
Key dates
29 March 1847 (1847-03-29)	Opened
5 May 1941	Closed to passengers
7 October 1946	Reopened
2 February 1953	Closed to passengers again
7 June 1965 (1965-06-07)	Closed completely
Location

Lucker railway station served the village of Lucker, Northumberland, England, from 1847 to 1965 on the East Coast Main Line.

History

The station opened on 29 March 1847 by the York, Newcastle and Berwick Railway. The station was situated north of the level crossing on the B1341 road. On the down side of the station, there were four sidings, two of which led to the coal depot. There was also a goods loading bank, but no goods depot. Lucker station was one to close during the Second World War, closing on 5 May 1941. It reopened on 7 October 1946 but the number of tickets sold was very low, (an average of 277 per year, which is around one a day) so closure hardly caused any inconvenience. The station closed for passengers in 1953 ^[1] and completely on 7 June 1965. ^[2]

To the south of the station, at milepost 48 (measured from Newcastle), were Lucker water troughs. These were the first on the NER system, and were brought into use on 1 March 1898, in order that trains could run non-stop between Newcastle and Edinburgh; trains which called at Berwick took water there. ^{[3] [4]}

References

1. Quick, M E (2002). Railway passenger stations in England, Scotland and Wales - a chronology. Richmond: Railway and Canal Historical Society. p. 280. OCLC   931112387.
2. "Disused Stations: Lucker". Disused Stations. Retrieved 17 February 2017.
3. Boddy, M. G.; Fry, E. V.; Hennigan, W.; Proud, P.; Yeadon, W. B. (July 1963). Fry, E. V. (ed.). Locomotives of the L.N.E.R., Part 1: Preliminary Survey. Potters Bar: RCTS. p. 68. ISBN   0-901115-11-8.
4. Tomlinson, William Weaver; Hoole, Ken (1967) [1915]. Tomlinson's North Eastern Railway: Its Rise and Development. Newton Abbot: David & Charles. p. 742.

External links

Preceding station	Historical railways			Following station
Newham Line open, station closed		York, Newcastle and Berwick Railway East Coast Main Line		Belford (Northumberland) Line open, station closed