Featherstone Park railway station

Featherstone Park
September 1973 looking north
Location
Place	Rowfoot
Area	Northumberland
Coordinates	54°56′29″N 2°29′50″W / 54.9413°N 2.4971°WCoordinates: 54°56′29″N 2°29′50″W / 54.9413°N 2.4971°W
Grid reference	NY682608
Operations
Original company	Newcastle and Carlisle Railway
Pre-grouping	North Eastern Railway
Post-grouping	London and North Eastern Railway
Platforms	1
History
19 July 1851	Station opens
3 May 1976	Station closes
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Featherstone Park railway station was a station 3 miles up the Alston Line which ran from the junction at Haltwhistle on the Newcastle and Carlisle Railway.

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.

Preceding station	Disused railways			Following station
Haltwhistle		North Eastern Railway Alston Line		Coanwood

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
• http://www.disused-stations.org.uk/f/featherstone_park/index.shtml