Velvet Hall

Location type

Station

Name and dates

Velvet Hall (1849-1955)

Opened on the Kelso Branch (York, Newcastle and Berwick Railway).

Description

This two platform station was located at Velvethall, Northumberland, just over a mile south east of Horncliffe. The goods yard was on the south side of the line, reached by reversal. On the north side, opposite the goods yard, was a loop and the signal box. The main station building, stone built and of two storeys, was on the westbound platform.

The station closed to passengers in 1955 and the line in 1965.

The main station building remains standing, now a house. Railway cottages remain to the west.

Tags

Station

External links

NLS Collection OS map of 1892-1914
NLS Collection OS map of 1944-67
NLS Map
NLS Map
NLS Map
02/11/2018



Chronology Dates

  /  /1849Kelso Branch (York, Newcastle and Berwick Railway)
Opened from Tweedmouth to Sprouston. Velvet Hall, Norham, Cornhill, Carham and Sprouston opened.
04/07/1955Kelso Branch (York, Newcastle and Berwick Railway)
Local stations closed. Velvet Hall, Twizell, Sunilaws, Carham, Sprouston closed. Tweedmouth, Norham and Coldstream remain open.

News items

15/11/2023Plans submitted for housing development on railway station yard near Berwick [Berwick Advertiser]

Books


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

Scotland’s Lost Branch Lines: Where Beeching Got It Wrong