Fontburn Halt railway station

Fontburn Halt
Station building in 2006.
Location
Place	Coquetdale
Area	Northumberland
Coordinates	55°14′35″N 1°55′21″W / 55.2430°N 1.9224°W / 55.2430; -1.9224Coordinates: 55°14′35″N 1°55′21″W / 55.2430°N 1.9224°W / 55.2430; -1.9224
Grid reference	NZ051942
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
3 October 1956	Station closed to freight
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Fontburn Halt was a weather board and corrugated iron built railway station in Northumberland on the Rothbury Branch built to serve the pre existing Whitehouse lime works^[1] and later the Whitehouse Colliery, and quarries.

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 In September 1952 passenger services were withdrawn and the line closed in November 1963.^[3]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 lime works the station later had a number of sidings serving various other local industries including the construction of the nearby Fontburn reservoir.^[4]

Preceding station	Disused railways			Following station
Ewesley Line and station closed		North British Railway Rothbury Branch		Brinkburn Line and station closed

Rothbury Branch

Locale	Northumberland
Successor	North British Railway
Track gauge	4 ft 8 ¹⁄₂ in (1,435 mm)

Legend

Fontburn Viaduct

Scotsgap

Wansbeck Railway

References

External links

Closed railway stations in Northumberland

Kelso Branch	Velvet Hall Norham Twizell Coldstream Sunilaws

Cornhill Branch	Mindrum Kirknewton (Northumberland) Akeld Wooler Ilderton Wooperton Hedgeley Glanton Whittingham (Northumberland) Edlingham Halt

York, Newcastle and Berwick Railway	Tweedmouth Scremerston Goswick Beal Smeafield Cragg Mill Belford (Northumberland) Lucker Newham Christon Bank Little Mill Longhoughton Lesbury Alnwick Chevington Longhirst Stannington Plessey Dudley Colliery

Amble branch line	Amble Broomhill (Northumberland)

North Sunderland Railway	Seahouses North Sunderland

Border Counties Railway	Deadwater Kielder Lewiefield Halt Plashetts Falstone Thorneyburn Tarset Charlton (Northumberland) Bellingham (North Tyne) Reedsmouth Countess Park Wark Barrasford Chollerton Humshaugh Wall

Wansbeck Railway	Woodburn Knowesgate Scotsgap Middleton North Angerton Meldon

Northumberland Central Railway	Rothbury Brinkburn Fontburn Halt Ewesley Longwitton

Blyth and Tyne Railway	Hepscott Choppington North Seaton Ashington Newbiggin-by-the-Sea Bedlington Bebside Blyth Newsham Hartley The Avenue Seaton Delaval Seghill

Ponteland Railway	Ponteland Darras Hall Callerton Kenton Bank

Newcastle and Carlisle Railway	Gilsland Greenhead Fourstones Warden Mickley

Alston Line	Featherstone Park Coanwood Lambley Slaggyford

Hexham and Allendale Railway	Elrington Halt Langley-on-Tyne Staward Halt Allendale

Scotswood, Newburn and Wylam Railway	North Wylam Heddon-on-the-Wall

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