Falstone railway station

Falstone
Station building in 2009.
Location
Place	Falstone
Area	Northumberland
Grid reference	NY726874
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
2 September 1861	Station opened
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 4 ft 8 ^1⁄2 in (1,435 mm)
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

Falstone railway station is a former railway station that served the hamlet of Falstone, in Northumberland, England.

History

The 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 and a stone built station building^[1] both of which survived the line's closure. The station building is residential accommodation and offices.

Former services

Preceding station	Disused railways			Following station
Plashetts		LNER Border Counties Railway		Thorneyburn

References

1. http://www.subbrit.org.uk/sb-sites/stations/f/falstone/index.shtml

External links

• Falstone Station on Disused Stations
• Falstone Station on a navigable 1955 O. S. map

Coordinates: 55°10′45″N 2°25′54″W / 55.1791°N 2.4317°W