Wooperton
Location type
StationName and dates
Wooperton (1887-1930)Opened on the Cornhill Branch (North Eastern Railway).
Description
This was a single platform station with a passing loop. The platform was on the west side with a two storey station building typical of the line and with a timber porch - extended at one end by a signal box (replacing an earlier box on the east side of the line opposite the south end of the platform).
A girder bridge crossed the north end of the station. At the south end a reversing spur ran south from the platform line, serving a goods yard on the west side.
The station closed to passengers in 1930 and completely in 1953.
The station building survives as a house as do railway cottages which were on the west side of the line, south of the passenger station.
Much of the site is now a sawmill. A and J Scott
Wooperton Hall is 2/3 of a mile to the west.
Tags
StationExternal links
NLS Collection OS map of 1892-1914NLS Collection OS map of 1944-67
NLS Map
NLS Map
| Nearby stations Hedgeley Idlerton Glanton Whittingham Wooler Edlingham Halt Akeld Newham Lucker Chathill Belford Alnwick Cragg Mill Fallodon (Private) Christon Bank | Roseden Crossing Haugh Head Crossing Learchild Crossing Hillhead Tunnel The Summit Yeavering Crossing Lucker Watertroughs Easington Quarry Alnwick Power Station Alnwick Gasworks Kirknewton Crossing [NER] Tourist/other Bendor Level Crossing Alnwick Castle Fallodon Hall Stamford Crossing |
| Location names in dark blue are on the same original line. | |
Chronology Dates
| 02/05/1887 | Cornhill Branch (North Eastern Railway) Coldstream to Wooperton opened to goods traffic. |
| 05/09/1887 | Cornhill Branch (North Eastern Railway) The Cornhill Branch (Coldstream to Alnwick) is opened throughout and for passengers with the opening of Wooperton to Alnwick. For the extra traffic Alnwick station re-built. |
Books
 Alnmouth To Alnwick, Coldstream And Berwick (Country Railway Routes) |
