Border Counties Junction

Location type

Junction

Name and dates

Border Counties Junction (1858-1958)

Opened on the Border Counties Railway.
Opened on the Newcastle and Carlisle Railway.
Opened on the Hexham and Allendale Railway.

Description

This was the junction between the Newcastle and Carlisle Railway (opened here in 1836), the Border Counties Railway (opened here in 1858) and the Hexham and Allendale Railway (opened here in 1867. All three of these lines were opened in portions.

The Newcastle and Carlisle Railway was double track, the two branches single track. Both later lines joined allowing approach from Hexham, to the east. The Border Counties line started with a double track and immediately reduced to a single track to cross the Tyne Viaduct [Border Counties] as it ran north. The Allendale line started from immediately to the west of the first connection and also reduced to a single line. This ran parallel and on the south side of the double track main line for a quarter of a mile before parting and running west and then south west.

The junction was crossed by a gantry signal box. This was replaced with a new box slightly further east, just beyond the junction, on the south side of the line.

The Allendale line closed in 1950 and the Border Counties in 1958, partly due to the condition of the viaduct over the Tyne.

Today there is no junction here. The piers of the viaduct can eb seen to the north.

Tags

Junction

External links

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



Chronology Dates

  /  /1867Hexham and Allendale Railway
Opened from Border Counties Junction (Hexham) to Langley.
15/10/1956Border Counties Railway
Riccarton Junction to Hexham (Border Counties Junction) closed to passengers.
01/09/1958Border Counties Railway
Reedsmouth (excluded) to Border Counties Junction closed to freight.

Books


A History of North Eastern Railway Architecture: A Mature Art v. 2

A History of North Eastern Railway Architecture: Pioneers v. 1

A History of the Newcastle and Carlisle Railway, 1824 - 1870: The First Line Across Britain

A Regional History of the Railways of Great Britain: Scotland - The Lowlands and the Borders v. 6 (Regional railway history series)

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

An Illustrated History of Carlisle's Railways

Border Counties Railway Through Time

Border Country Branch Line Album

Branches & Byways: Southwest Scotland and the Border Counties

Hexham to Carlisle: Including the Alston and the Brampton Branches (Eastern Main Lines)

Hexham to Hawick: The Border Counties Railway (Country Railway Routes)

Newcastle (Rail Centres)

Newcastle to Hexham: Including the Allendale Branch (Eastern Main Lines)

Newcastle to Hexham: Including the Allendale Branch (Eastern Main Lines)

North Eastern Railway: Historical Maps

The Border Counties Railway Steam Memories 1950's-1960's: Newcastle to Reedsmouth No. 68, pt. 1

The Border Counties Railway Steam Memories 1950's-1960's: Newcastle to Reedsmouth No. 68, pt. 1