Prudhoe

Location type

Station

Name and dates

Prudhoe (1836-)

Station code: PRU National Rail
Where: North East England, England
Opened on the Newcastle and Carlisle Railway.

Description

This is a two platform station. There is a car park to the south and level crossing to the west. The station buildings have not survived but the NER footbridge is at the west end of the platforms. The signal box is on the north side of the line, west of the crossing. A railway house to the north of the station survives.

The main station building was on the eastbound platform.

Prudhoe Colliery was to the west of the station, on the south side of the line. There were several looped sidings.

To the east was the Prudhoe Chemical Works and its extensive sidings on the south side of the line.

The station car park is on the site of a dye works.

Local

Prudhoe and District Local History Society

Tags

Station

External links

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




News items

19/01/2021Local contractor is appointed to demolish Gosforth Metro depot [Tyne and Wear Metro]
23/11/2020Grade II listed footbridge at Prudhoe station reopens after 500,000 refurbishment [Network Rail]
01/06/2020New lease of life for Grade II listed footbridge at Prudhoe railway station [Network Rail]

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