Prudhoe railway station

Prudhoe
Location
Place	Prudhoe
Local authority	Northumberland
Grid reference	NZ087634
Operations
Station code	PRU
Managed by	Northern
Number of platforms	2
DfT category	F2
Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage*
2010/11	0.168 million
2011/12	0.152 million
2012/13	0.147 million
2013/14	0.149 million
2014/15	0.159 million
National Rail – UK railway stations
* Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Prudhoe from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year.
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Prudhoe railway station /ˈprʌdə/^[1] is a railway station which serves the town of Prudhoe in Northumberland, England. It is located on the Tyne Valley Line 12 miles (19 km) west of Newcastle towards Carlisle, and is managed by Northern who provide most passenger train services.

It was first opened on 10 March 1835 by the Newcastle and Carlisle Railway Company. It was never a junction although extensive industrial connections on either side of the station once existed.

Manual semaphore signalling complete with a block post at Prudhoe Signalbox beside the station and level crossing continues to operate. The full barrier level crossing is signalman worked and because of the adjacent single track Ovingham Bridge over the River Tyne and the frequent train services, there are often long road queues. From 1859 until 1915 there was another station less than a mile west, known as "Mickley".

On 21 May 2007 a new public transport interchange was opened. This provides direct connections to bus and train services and a car park. On the same date a much improved train service started with most passenger trains on the line booked to call there. Go North East provide connecting bus services.

On 7 July 2007 saw a special excursion train call at Prudhoe. The first in many years to stop there. Northern operated a Saltburn to Whitehaven Coast to Coast special train using the Settle-Carlisle Railway liveried Class 156 DMU. Many other special trains using the Tyne Valley Line run through non-stop.

Services

Monday to Saturday daytimes there is a half-hourly service eastbound to Newcastle and westbound to Hexham with an hourly service onwards to Carlisle and three through trains to and from Glasgow Central via Dumfries. In the evenings and on Sundays there is an hourly service to both Newcastle and Carlisle.^[2]

A landslip between Corbridge & Riding Mill (caused by heavy rain and a broken drainage pipe) in early January 2016 has led to the temporary suspension of services between here and Hexham whilst repairs to the track bed & adjacent cutting walls are carried out. Services from Newcastle terminated here & a replacement bus service ran for stations to Hexham until the work was completed.^[3] The line reopened on 8 February 2016, following the removal of over 35,000 tones of earth from the site.^[4]

References

1. "Prudhoe Online Homepage". Prudhoe Community Partnership. Retrieved 2009-11-03.
   "Anyone know Ryton, Northumbria? Family stuff to do in the vicinity?". Singletrack Forum. Retrieved 2009-11-03.
2. GB national Rail Timetable, December 2015 Edition, Table 48
3. Railway between Hexham and Prudhoe will be closed for weeks after Corbridge landslipRiddell, Kathryn Newcastle Chronicle 8 January 2016; Retrieved 15-1-2016
4. "West line between Carlisle and Newcastle to reopen on Monday after landslip repairs"Network Rail Media Centre; Retrieved 4 February 2016

External links

• Train times and station information for Prudhoe railway station from National Rail

Coordinates: 54°57′56.6″N 1°51′54.2″W / 54.965722°N 1.865056°W