Alston railway station

Alston
1973 view from south
Location
Place	Alston
Area	Eden
Coordinates	54°48′54″N 2°26′31″W / 54.815°N 2.442°WCoordinates: 54°48′54″N 2°26′31″W / 54.815°N 2.442°W
Grid reference	NY716467
Operations
Original company	Newcastle and Carlisle Railway
Pre-grouping	North Eastern Railway
Post-grouping	London and North Eastern Railway
Platforms	1
History
17 November 1852	Station opened
3 May 1976	Station closed
30 July 1983	Station opened as narrow gauge terminus
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Alston Branch Line
Legend Newcastle and Carlisle Railway Haltwhistle River South Tyne Featherstone Park Coanwood River South Tyne Brampton Railway Lambley Slaggyford Lintley South Tynedale Railway Kirkhaugh Gilderdale River Nent Alston

Alston railway station once served the town of Alston, Cumbria, England. The station was the terminus of the Alston Line which ran from the junction at Haltwhistle on the Newcastle and Carlisle Railway.

It is now the terminus of the narrow gauge South Tynedale Railway, a heritage line, in Northern England.

History

Opened by the Newcastle and Carlisle Railway, it was taken over firstly by the North Eastern Railway and later became part of the London and North Eastern Railway during the Grouping of 1923, passing on to the Eastern Region of British Railways during the nationalisation of 1948. It was closed by the British Railways Board in 1976.

The site today

The station is now both the main terminus and headquarters of the Tourist Narrow Gauge South Tynedale Railway.

Preceding station	Heritage railways			Following station
Kirkhaugh		South Tynedale Railway		Terminus
	Disused railways
Slaggyford		North Eastern Railway Alston Line		Terminus

References

• 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.

External links

• Station on navigable O.S. map, via npe Maps
• Disused Stations - Alston, via Disused Stations UK
• The station on a navigable Edwardian 6" OS map, via National Library of Scotland