Alston railway station

Alston railway station once served the town of Alston, Cumbria, England. The station was the terminus of the Alston Line which ran from the junction at Haltwhistle on the Newcastle and Carlisle Railway.

Alston
1973 view from south
Location
PlaceAlston
AreaEden
Coordinates54.815°N 2.442°W / 54.815; -2.442
Grid referenceNY716467
Operations
Original companyNewcastle and Carlisle Railway
Pre-groupingNorth Eastern Railway
Post-groupingLondon and North Eastern Railway
Platforms1 (1852 - 1976, 1983 -)
2 (2017 -)
History
21 May 1852Station opened
3 May 1976Station closed
30 July 1983Station opened as narrow gauge terminus
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
Alston Line
Tyne Valley Line
Carlisle–Newcastle
Haltwhistle
Alston Arches Viaduct
over River South Tyne
 Plenmeller Halt
(
1919–
1946
)
 Featherstone Park
 Coanwood
Lambley Viaduct
over River South Tyne
Brampton Railway
to Brampton Junction
 Lambley
 Slaggyford
 Lintley
 Kirkhaugh
 Gilderdale
River Nent
 Alston

It is now the terminus of the narrow gauge South Tynedale Railway, a heritage line, in Northern England.

History
Alston station, 1954

The station was opened on 21 May 1852 by the Newcastle and Carlisle Railway.[1] The line 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.[1]

The station hosted a camping coach in 1933 and from 1936 to 1939.[2]

The site today

The station is now both the main terminus and headquarters of the Narrow Gauge South Tynedale Railway who added a second platform and metal canopy in 2017.

Preceding station   Heritage railways Following station
Kirkhaugh   South Tynedale Railway   Terminus
Disused railways
Slaggyford   North Eastern Railway
Alston Line		   Terminus

References
  1. Quick 2019, p. 45.
  2. McRae 1997, p. 10.

Bibliography
  • McRae, Andrew (1997). British Railway Camping Coach Holidays: The 1930s & British Railways (London Midland Region). Scenes from the Past: 30 (Part One). Foxline. ISBN 1-870119-48-7.
  • Quick, Michael (2019) [2001]. Railway passenger stations in Great Britain: a chronology (PDF) (5th ed.). Railway and Canal Historical Society.

Further reading
  • 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 978-1-85260-508-7. OCLC 60251199.
  • Jowett, Alan (2000). Jowett's Nationalised Railway Atlas (1st ed.). Penryn, Cornwall: Atlantic Transport Publishers. ISBN 978-0-906899-99-1. 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 978-1-85260-086-0. OCLC 22311137.


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