Beeching Report

Location type


Name and dates

Beeching Report




Dates

  /  /1963Alnwick Branch (York, Newcastle and Berwick Railway)
Not included in Beeching Report.
  /  /1965Alston Branch (Newcastle and Carlisle Railway)
Freight is withdrawn and Beeching Report recommends closure of the line. The line is reprieved as there is no all weather road to Alston.