Alnmouth

Location type

Station

Names and dates

Bilton (1851-1892)
Alnmouth (1892-)

Station code: ALM National Rail
Where: North East England, England
Opened on the Newcastle and Berwick Railway.
Opened on the Alnwick Branch (York, Newcastle and Berwick Railway).

Description

This is a two platform station with the main station building, a modest modern structure, on the southbound platforms. There are car parks on either side of the line. There is a signal box at the north end of the southbound platform and sidings and a coal yard at the south end, east side of the line. The station is on the electrified East Coast Main Line.

It was a generously laid out junction station. At the north end the double track main line was met by a double track branch to Alnwick. The York, Newcastle and Berwick Railway branch opened in 1850 as a single track and the junction station opened in 1851, initially as 'Bilton' (or 'Bilton Junction') which is a village just to the west. Alnmouth is a mile east and over the River Aln (although housing stretches to the station). The station replaced Lesbury to the north, just over the Aln Viaduct.

The station had two platform on the main line, the northbound platform being an island with the western face serving the branch (and a loop from the main line). The island platform had a large canopy, indeed both platforms were canopied. The main building was on the southbound line. To the west of there were several looped sidings and a two road locomotive shed. The turntable was in the 'V' of the junction to the north. The point of junction between the lines was south of the station, although the platform line was looped from the main line.

Although much of the branch platform area is given over to a car park it is the planned destination of the Aln Valley Railway .

To the south of the station there are loops on either side of the line.

Tags

Station

External links

NLS Collection OS map of 1892-1914
NLS Collection OS map of 1944-67
NLS Map
NLS Map




News items

07/12/2023Car parking charges being introduced by Northern at Alnmouth railway station [Berwick Advertiser]
01/08/2023Alnmouth railway station groups welcome extension of ticket office consultation period [Berwick Advertiser]
24/07/2023'Stations need staff' - concerns over proposals that affect railway stations in Alnmouth, Berwick and Morpeth [Berwick Advertiser]
19/07/2023Alnmouth Rail User Group slams plans to cut ticket office opening hours as 'backward step in customer service' [Berwick Advertiser]
10/07/2023Alnmouth railway station staff hailed as 'marvellous ambassadors' as more concerns raised over ticket office closure plans [Berwick Advertiser]
30/07/2022Trains disrupted between Alnmouth and Berwick due to electricity failure [Berwick Advertiser]
02/09/2021Extra trains set to improve connectivity between Northumberland railway stations [Northumberland Gazette]
25/02/2021Bid for more train services at Northumberland's smaller stations [Northumberland Gazette]
29/01/202111 pictures charting changes on the railway between Alnmouth and Berwick as new book published [Berwick Advertiser]
22/12/2020Eye-catching artwork featuring Northumberland landmarks and wildlife unveiled at Alnmouth railway station [Northumberland Gazette]

Books


A Regional History of the Railways of Great Britain: The North-east v. 4 (A regional history of the railways of Great Britain)

Alnmouth To Alnwick, Coldstream And Berwick (Country Railway Routes)

Newcastle (Rail Centres)

Newcastle To Alnmouth.: and the Amble Branch. (Eastern Main Lines.)