Alnmouth railway station

Alnmouth
GNER train enters the station from the north
Location
Place	Alnmouth
Local authority	County of Northumberland
Coordinates	55°23′31″N 1°38′10″W / 55.392°N 1.636°WCoordinates: 55°23′31″N 1°38′10″W / 55.392°N 1.636°W
Grid reference	NU230110
Operations
Station code	ALM
Managed by	Northern
Number of platforms	2
DfT category	E
Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage*
2010/11	0.215 million
2011/12	0.256 million
- Interchange	1,529
2012/13	0.258 million
- Interchange	871
2013/14	0.283 million
- Interchange	1,247
2014/15	0.305 million
- Interchange	1,404
History
Original company	Newcastle and Berwick Railway
Pre-grouping	North Eastern Railway
Post-grouping	LNER
1 July 1847	Station opens as Bilton[1]
2 May 1892	Station renamed Alnmouth[1][2]
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* Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Alnmouth from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year.
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Alnmouth railway station (Signed as: Alnmouth for Alnwick) is a station on the East Coast Main Line about one mile from Alnmouth in Hipsburn, Northumberland, northern England. It is 10–15 minutes by road to the town of Alnwick.

History

The station was opened on 1 July 1847 as Bilton by the Newcastle and Berwick Railway^[1][3] and from 1854 run by the North Eastern Railway. On 1 October 1850 it became the junction for the Alnwick branch line. On 2 May 1892 the station's name was changed to Alnmouth.^[1][2]

It became part of the London and North Eastern Railway during the Grouping of 1923. The station then passed on to the North Eastern Region of British Railways on nationalisation in 1948.

When Sectorisation was introduced, the station was served by the Intercity Sector until the Privatisation of British Railways.

Services

Alnmouth station is managed by Northern, even though the majority of its services are provided by other operators.

The majority of services are provided by CrossCountry trains running between Newcastle and Edinburgh. Virgin Trains East Coast services calling here were reduced in the May 2011 timetable change so that they are less frequent. However, these services are every two hours during the day for both Newcastle/London and Edinburgh.

Occasional Northern local services operating to and from Chathill also call here - currently these consist of two morning and two evening trains in each direction (except Sundays).

Alnmouth will also become the eastern terminus of the Aln Valley (Heritage) Railway which is being reconstructed along the Alnwick branch line.

References

Notes

1. Butt 1995, p. 34
2. Butt 1995, p. 15
3. Body 1989, p. 193

Sources

• Body, G. (1989). PSL Field Guides - Railways of the Eastern Region Volume 2: Northern operating area (1st ed.). Wellingborough: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 1-8526-0072-1. OCLC 59892452.

• Butt, R. V. J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations: details every public and private passenger station, halt, platform and stopping place, past and present (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 1-8526-0508-1. OCLC 60251199.
• Jowett, Alan (2000). Jowett's Nationalised Railway Atlas (1st ed.). Penryn, Cornwall: Atlantic Transport Publishers. ISBN 0-9068-9999-0. OCLC 228266687.
• Jowett, Alan (March 1989). Jowett's Railway Atlas of Great Britain and Ireland: From Pre-Grouping to the Present Day (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 1-8526-0086-1. OCLC 22311137.
• Station on navigable O.S. map
• RAILSCOT on Newcastle and Berwick Railway
• Northumbrian Branch Line Railways