Widdrington railway station

Widdrington railway station is on the East Coast Main Line in the United Kingdom, serving the villages of Widdrington Station and Stobswood, Northumberland. It is 291 miles 76 chains (469.8 km) down the line from London King's Cross and is situated between Pegswood to the south and Acklington to the north. Its three-letter station code is WDD.

Widdrington
Location
PlaceWiddrington Station and Stobswood
Local authorityCounty of Northumberland
Grid referenceNZ244941
Operations
Station codeWDD
Managed byNorthern Trains
Number of platforms2
DfT categoryF2
Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections
from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage*
2014/15 4,028
2015/16 3,408
2016/17 3,346
2017/18 3,574
2018/19 4,180
National Rail – UK railway stations
  • Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Widdrington from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year.

In the current (December 2016) timetable the only trains calling at Widdrington are one northbound and two southbound local services on Mondays to Saturdays only by Northern, which also manages the station. This has been the default frequency since British Rail's Provincial Sector reduced the service level on the local route in 1991 due to a rolling stock shortage.

Local rail users group SENRUG has been campaigning since September 2016 to improve local services here and at neighbouring Pegswood in order to serve a planned £50 million sports and leisure park development due to be built on an old open-cast mining site near to Widdrington village.[1]

Facilities

The station is unstaffed and has only basic amenities - waiting shelters and timetable poster boards on both platforms, along with a public telephone on platform 1. Tickets must be purchased prior to travel or on the train. The old station buildings survive, but are now privately occupied. Step-free access is available to both platforms via the level crossing at the north end of the station.[2]

Services
Northern Trains Route 1:
East Coast Main Line
East Coast Main Line to Edinburgh
 Chathill
Alnmouth
Acklington
Widdrington
Pegswood
 Morpeth
Cramlington
Manors
Durham Coast Line to Middlesbrough
 Newcastle
Tyne Valley Line to Carlisle
East Coast Main Line to London King's Cross

As noted above, there are only three departures a day on weekdays and Saturdays, with no Sunday service. The solitary northbound train runs to Alnmouth and Chathill, whilst the two southbound trains run to Newcastle Central and then onto the Tyne Valley Line.[3] The morning departure terminates at Prudhoe, whilst the evening service runs through to Carlisle.

References
  1. North of Morpeth local services SENRUG website news article; Retrieved 9 February 2017
  2. Widdrington station facilities National Rail Enquiries; Retrieved 9 February 2017
  3. Table 48 National Rail timetable, December 2016
Preceding station National Rail Following station
Pegswood   Northern Trains
East Coast Main Line
Mondays-Saturdays only		   Acklington
  Historical railways  
Longhirst
Line open, station closed		   North Eastern Railway
York, Newcastle and Berwick Railway		   Chevington
Line open, station closed


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