Ewesley railway station

Ewesley
Platform remains in 2006.
Location
Place	Fontburn
Area	Northumberland
Coordinates	55°13′42″N 1°54′34″W / 55.2284°N 1.9094°WCoordinates: 55°13′42″N 1°54′34″W / 55.2284°N 1.9094°W
Grid reference	NZ059927
Operations
Original company	Rothbury Branch
Pre-grouping	North British Railway
Post-grouping	London and North Eastern Railway North Eastern Region of British Railways
Platforms	1
History
19 October 1870	Station opened
15 September 1952	Station closed to passengers
9 November 1963	Station closed to freight as Ewesley Halt
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Ewesley station was a weather board and corrugated iron built railway station in Northumberland on the Rothbury Branch built to serve the local farming settlements.

History

In 1859 Parliament authorised the Wansbeck Railway Company to build the line from Morpeth to Reedsmouth. In 1862 the line from Morpeth to Scotsgap opened.

The next year the Northumberland Central Railway were authorised to construct a line from Scotsgap to Ford on the Berwick to Kelso line. They also were permitted to build a short branch line to Cornhill. Due to financial difficulties the line was to be built in stages^[1] starting with the section from Scotsgap to Rothbury which was started in August 1869 and completed by November 1870. The North British Railway and the branch line became part of the London and North Eastern Railway in 1923. In September 1952 passenger services were withdrawn and the line closed in November 1963.^[2]

One of the original stations on the branch line Ewesley was constructed in the centre of a circular prehistoric camp.^[3] Later in 1894 the only passing loop on the otherwise single track line was constructed at Ewesley. At closure the station had been renamed Ewesley Halt. Although in a bad state of repair the platform remains intact, the station building has been demolished.

Preceding station	Disused railways			Following station
Longwitton Line and station closed		North British Railway Rothbury Branch		Fontburn Halt Line and station closed

Rothbury Branch
Locale Northumberland Successor North British Railway Track gauge 4 ft 8 ^1⁄2 in (1,435 mm)
Legend
Rothbury Brinkburn Fontburn Halt Fontburn Viaduct Ewesley Longwitton Scotsgap    Wansbeck Railway

References

1. http://www.subbrit.org.uk/sb-sites/stations/s/scots_gap/index.shtml
2. http://www.northumbrian-railways.co.uk/index.php?page=rothbury-branch
3. http://www.subbrit.org.uk/sb-sites/stations/e/ewesley/index.shtml

External links

• Ewesley station on Northumbrian Railways
• Ewesley station on Disused Stations
• Ewesley on a navigable 1956 O. S. map
• The line on RailScot