Alnwick

Location type

Station

Name and dates

Alnwick (1887-1968)

Opened on the Cornhill Branch (North Eastern Railway).
Opened on the Alnwick Branch (York, Newcastle and Berwick Railway).

Description

This substantial station closed in 1968. The station building remains standing and there are portions of platforms. It was the terminus of the line from Alnmouth and, from 1887, the line from Coldstream (the junction was south of the station.)

The station building has a large high quality bookshop.

Barter Books

Due to the construction of the A1 to the east of the terminus the Aln Valley Railway have had to build a new terminus to the east of the A1 for their line running east to Alnmouth.

07/01/2019




Chronology Dates

05/09/1887Cornhill Branch (North Eastern Railway)
The Cornhill Branch (Coldstream to Alnwick) is opened throughout and for passengers with the opening of Wooperton to Alnwick. For the extra traffic Alnwick station re-built.
11/08/1948Cornhill Branch (North Eastern Railway)
Flooding damage washes away a bridge between Wooler and Idlerton. The bridge is not replaced and the line operated as two branches; Coldstream to Wooler and Alnwick to Idlerton.
02/03/1953Cornhill Branch (North Eastern Railway)
Idlerton to Alnwick (excluded) closed completely.

News items

14/09/2023Alnwick Freemen will have 'no dealings' with Greenway group over disused railway [Berwick Advertiser]
07/09/2021Aln Valley Railway set to get rockin' with new event [Northumberland Gazette]
05/07/2021Government agency is burying historic bridges in concrete right across the country [Daily Mail]
12/06/2014£1.88m appeal launched to lay full Aln Valley Railway track [The Journal]
27/12/2013National recognition for heritage railway scheme [Northumberland Gazette]
31/10/2013All aboard for railway after official opening [Northumberland Gazette]
12/05/2013Railway holds poignant tribute [Northumberland Gazette]
04/04/2013Trains run for the first time at heritage railway [Northumberland Gazette]
24/03/2013Historic moment for heritage railway [Northumberland Gazette]
03/05/2012Steaming ahead with heritage railway dream [Northumberland Gazette]

Books


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

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