Plashetts railway station

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Plashetts
General information
Location Plashetts, Northumberland
England
Grid reference NY666902
Platforms1
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original company Border Counties Railway
Pre-grouping North British Railway
Post-grouping London and North Eastern Railway
North Eastern Region of British Railways
Key dates
2 September 1861Station opened
15 October 1956Station closed to passengers
1 September 1958Station closed to freight
Border Counties Railway
Overview
StatusClosed
Locale
Service
Type Heavy rail
History
Commenced11 December 1855
Opened2 April 1858 (1858-04-02)
Completed24 June 1862
Merged into North British Railway - 1860
Merged into London North Eastern Railway - 1923
Merged into British Railways - 1948
Closed
Technical
Track gauge 4 ft 8+12 in (1,435 mm)
Route map

Contents

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Riccarton Junction
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Saughtree
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Scotland
England
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Deadwater
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Kielder
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Lewiefield Halt
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Plashetts
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Plashetts Colliery Waggonway
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portion of line flooded by Kielder Water
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Falstone
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Thorneyburn
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Tarset
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Charlton
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Bellingham
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Reedsmouth
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Countess Park
(1859–1861)
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Wark
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Barrasford
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Chollerton
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Chollerford
(later Humshaugh)
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Wall
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Border Counties Junction
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Hexham
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Plashetts railway station is a closed stone built railway station that served the mining hamlet of Plashetts, in Northumberland, England, which is now beneath the surface of Kielder Water.

History

Plashetts railway station was on the Border Counties Railway which linked the Newcastle and Carlisle Railway, near Hexham, with the Border Union Railway at Riccarton Junction. The first section of the route was opened between Hexham and Chollerford in 1858, the remainder opening in stages until completion 1862. The line was closed to passengers by British Railways in 1956.

The station had a single platform and a tall signal box. [1] This was a fairly substantial station having a waggonway branch, which ran from here up Slater's incline, to the Plashetts and Far Colliery. To the north of the station were one or two houses and at the end of the waggonway a miners' village.

The station is now submerged beneath Kielder Water.

Former services
Preceding station Disused railways Following station
Lewiefield Halt   LNER
Border Counties Railway
  Falstone

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References

  1. "Disused Stations: Plashetts Station" . Retrieved 4 November 2019.

Coordinates: 55°12′15″N2°31′37″W / 55.2042°N 2.5270°W / 55.2042; -2.5270