Saughtree railway station

Saughtree
Location
Place	Saughtree
Area	Roxburghshire
Grid reference	NY564981
Operations
Original company	Border Counties Railway
Pre-grouping	North British Railway
Post-grouping	London and North Eastern Railway North Eastern Region of British Railways
Platforms	1
History
1862	Station opened
1 December 1944	Station closed to passengers
23 August 1948	Station reopens to passengers
15 October 1956	Station closed to passengers
1 September 1958	Station closed to freight
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Border Counties Railway
Locale Roxburghshire, Scotland; Northumberland, England Dates of operation 31 July 1854 – 13 August 1860 Successor North British Railway Track gauge 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 ^1⁄2 in)
Legend
Waverley Route Riccarton Junction    Waverley Route Saughtree Scotland England Deadwater Kielder Lewiefield Halt Plashetts    Plashetts Colliery Waggonway Falstone Thorneyburn Tarset Charlton Bellingham, later Bellingham (North Tyne)    Wansbeck Railway Reedsmouth Countess Park (1859-1861) Wark Barrasford Chollerton Chollerford (renamed Humshaugh in 1919) Wall    Newcastle and Carlisle Railway Border Counties Bridge Border Counties Junction Hexham    Newcastle and Carlisle Railway

Saughtree railway station is a closed railway station situated a mile north of the hamlet of Saughtree and two miles from the border with England.^[1]

History

Saughtree railway station was on the Border Counties Railway which linked the Newcastle and Carlisle Railway, near Hexham, with the Border Union Railway at Riccarton Junction. The first section of the route was opened between Hexham and Chollerford in 1858, the remainder opening in 1862. The line was closed to passengers by British Railways in 1956. The station had a single platform, a stone built station building, and a siding.

The station building and platform have been restored and 400 yards of new track laid.^[2]

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Former Services

Preceding station	Disused railways			Following station
Riccarton Junction		London and North Eastern Railway Border Counties Railway		Deadwater

References

1. http://www.subbrit.org.uk/sb-sites/stations/s/saughtree/index.shtml
2. http://www.subbrit.org.uk/sb-sites/stations/s/saughtree/index.shtml

External links

• Saughtree Station on Disused Stations
• Saughtree Station on Northumbrian Railways
• Saughtree Station on a navigable 1945 O. S. map

Coordinates: 55°16′29″N 2°41′13″W / 55.2748°N 2.6869°W