Brinkburn railway station

Brinkburn
Station building in 2006
Location
Place Coquetdale
Area Northumberland
Grid reference NZ087996
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
1 June 1904 Station opened
15 September 1952 Station closed to passengers
11 November 1963 Station closed to freight
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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The station in 1965

Brinkburn was a weather board and corrugated iron built railway station in Northumberland on the Rothbury Branch built to serve the Healy Coate Colliery which it was linked to by a two-mile aerial ropeway.[1]

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[2] 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 In September 1952 passenger services were withdrawn and the line closed in November 1963.[3]

Constructed to serve a local colliery the station was poorly used, and was first downgraded to a halt,[4] and then closed in 1963. All that survives of the station is the stationmaster's house.

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

Rothbury Branch
Locale Northumberland
Dates of operation 1870 – 1963
Successor line North British Railway
Line length 13 miles (21 km)
Track gauge 4 ft 8 1⁄2 in (1,435 mm)
 Rothbury
 Brinkburn
 Fontburn Halt
Fontburn Viaduct
 Ewesley
 Longwitton
 Scotsgap
Wansbeck Railway
to Reedsmouth │ to Morpeth

References

  1. ↑ http://www.subbrit.org.uk/sb-sites/stations/b/brinkburn/index.shtml
  2. ↑ http://www.subbrit.org.uk/sb-sites/stations/s/scots_gap/index.shtml
  3. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 8 October 2009. Retrieved 28 October 2009.
  4. ↑ http://www.subbrit.org.uk/sb-sites/stations/b/brinkburn/index.shtml

Coordinates: 55°17′28″N 1°51′50″W / 55.291°N 1.864°W / 55.291; -1.864

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