Acomb Colliery Junction [2nd]
Location type
JunctionName and dates
Acomb Colliery Junction [2nd]Note: text in square brackets is added for clarity and was not part of the location's name.
Opened on the Border Counties Railway.Description
This was the junction for the siding to Acomb Colliery. This was the second line to this colliery, following the same course as the older original tramway which had joined the line to the south (Acomb Colliery Junction [1st]), to be approached from the south. The new connection was approached from the north.
The location was north of Border Counties Junction and the River Tyne.
The location is still discernible, but overgrown.
Tags
Junction collieryExternal links
NLS Collection OS map of 1892-1914NLS Collection OS map of 1944-67
NLS Map
NLS Map
01/08/2020
| Nearby stations Wall Hexham Fourstones Humshaugh Chollerton Elrington Halt Corbridge Barrasford Haydon Bridge [1st] Haydon Bridge Langley Riding Mill Wark Allendale Staward Halt | Acomb Colliery Junction [1st] Howford Brick and Tile Works Acomb Colliery Acomb Shed Tyne Viaduct [Border Counties] Acomb Colliery Coke Ovens Acomb Colliery Border Counties Junction Hexham Shed Fourstones Colliery and Lime Works Black Pasture Quarry Brunton Lime Works Glen due Quarry Tourist/other Chesters Bridge Chesters Roman Fort |
| Location names in dark blue are on the same original line. | |
