Newbiggin Branch (Blyth and Tyne Railway)

Introduction

This railway ran from North Seaton to Newbiggin. The terminus at Newbiggin is closed but an extension of the line by British Railways to Lynemouth is in use for the Aluminium works there.




Dates

  /  /1974Lynemouth Aluminium Works Branch (British Railways)
Lynemouth Aluminium Smelter opened. To serve the works the new Lynemouth Aluminium Works Branch (British Railways) was opened off the existing Ashington Collieries Railway, this portion of the latter line being a branch off the Newbiggin Branch (Blyth and Tyne Railway).

Locations along the line

These locations are along the line.

North Seaton signalbox, Ashington, in 1986. View looking east with the 'Black Bridge' viaduct over the Wansbeck out of shot off to the right. With ...
Bill Roberton //1986
Approaching North Seaton signal box eastbound along the A196 on the southern edge of Ashington in May 2004. North Seaton station, which stood to the ...
John Furnevel 25/05/2004
The signal box and crossing at North Seaton, Northumberland, on 24 September 2014, looking north east. ...
John Steven 24/09/2014
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The disused platforms at Ashington, closed in 1964, and seen in 1991. Trains will hopefully return to this line in 2024, but to a replacement platform ...
Bill Roberton //1991
Remains of Ashington station, on the Blyth & Tyne Line that closed to passengers in 1964, looking north on 15th June 2018. Campaigns to reopen the ...
David Bosher 15/06/2018
Looking across the weed-infested former southbound platform towards the northbound at Ashington station on the Blyth & Tyne line in Northumberland, ...
David Bosher 15/06/2018
Ashington signal box looking north in 1987. The line to the left ran to Ashington Colliery and the Butterwell Disposal Point. Seldom used, the ...
Bill Roberton //1987
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