North Sunderland railway station

This article is about a former North Sunderland Railway station near Seahouses. For the active station of a similar name, see Sunderland station.

North Sunderland
Location
Place	North Sunderland
Area	Northumberland
Grid reference	NU209315
Operations
Original company	North Sunderland Railway
Post-grouping	London and North Eastern Railway North Eastern Region of British Railways
Platforms	1
History
1 August 1898	Station opened for freight
14 December 1898	Station opened for passengers
27 October 1951	Station closed
Disused railway stations in the United Kingdom
Closed railway stations in Britain A B C D–F G H–J K–L M–O P–R S T–V W–Z
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North Sunderland railway station was a brick built station on the single track branch of the North Sunderland Railway, in north east England. The line connected the village and port of Seahouses to the railway network via a junction at Chathill.

History

Authorised in 1892, the North Sunderland Railway was built privately to serve the newly constructed harbour at Seahouses.^[1] Construction started in 1896, and the line opened in 1898 for freight on 1 August and for passengers on 18 December. The line was rarely profitable, and thus the proposed station at Fleetham and the extension to Bamburgh were never constructed. The line was taken over by the LNER in 1939, and it closed on 27 October 1951 and officially wound up in April 1952.^[2]

The brick built platform still remains.

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Former Services

Preceding station	Disused railways			Following station
Chathill		London and North Eastern Railway North Sunderland Railway		Seahouses

North Sunderland Railway

Locale	Northumberland
Track gauge	4 ft 8 ¹⁄₂ in (1,435 mm)

Legend

East Coast Main Line

Chathill

East Coast Main Line

Pasture Hill Quarry

North Sunderland

Bamburgh (proposed)

Seahouses

Closed railway stations in Northumberland

Kelso Branch	Velvet Hall Norham Twizell Coldstream Sunilaws

Cornhill Branch	Mindrum Kirknewton (Northumberland) Akeld Wooler Ilderton Wooperton Hedgeley Glanton Whittingham (Northumberland) Edlingham Halt

York, Newcastle and Berwick Railway	Tweedmouth Scremerston Goswick Beal Smeafield Cragg Mill Belford (Northumberland) Lucker Newham Christon Bank Little Mill Longhoughton Lesbury Alnwick Chevington Longhirst Stannington Plessey Dudley Colliery

Amble branch line	Amble Broomhill (Northumberland)

North Sunderland Railway	Seahouses North Sunderland

Border Counties Railway	Deadwater Kielder Lewiefield Halt Plashetts Falstone Thorneyburn Tarset Charlton (Northumberland) Bellingham (North Tyne) Reedsmouth Countess Park Wark Barrasford Chollerton Humshaugh Wall

Wansbeck Railway	Woodburn Knowesgate Scotsgap Middleton North Angerton Meldon

Northumberland Central Railway	Rothbury Brinkburn Fontburn Halt Ewesley Longwitton

Blyth and Tyne Railway	Hepscott Choppington North Seaton Ashington Newbiggin-by-the-Sea Bedlington Bebside Blyth Newsham Hartley The Avenue Seaton Delaval Seghill

Ponteland Railway	Ponteland Darras Hall Callerton Kenton Bank

Newcastle and Carlisle Railway	Gilsland Greenhead Fourstones Warden Mickley

Alston Line	Featherstone Park Coanwood Lambley Slaggyford

Hexham and Allendale Railway	Elrington Halt Langley-on-Tyne Staward Halt Allendale

Scotswood, Newburn and Wylam Railway	North Wylam Heddon-on-the-Wall

Coordinates: 55°34′39″N 1°40′08″W / 55.5776°N 1.6689°W / 55.5776; -1.6689

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