Fourstones

Location type

Station

Name and dates

Fourstones (1836-1967)

Opened on the Newcastle and Carlisle Railway.

Description

This was a two platform station to the south east of the village of Fourstones. The main station building was on the eastbound platform with awaiting room on the westbound.

To the east of the station, and north of the line, were the exchange sidings for the Fourstones Colliery and Lime Works, which were connected by an inclined plane waggonway running north to Fourstones Quarries and Prudhamstone Quarries.

Nothing now remains of the station except a railway cottage. The Railway Inn (closed 2015) is on the former station approach from village.

Tags

Station

External links

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


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

An Illustrated History of Carlisle's Railways

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

Newcastle (Rail Centres)

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