Reedsmouth railway station

Reedsmouth
Former Reedsmouth engine shed in 2009.
Location
Place	Redesmouth
Area	Northumberland
Coordinates	55°08′02″N 2°12′54″W / 55.134°N 2.215°WCoordinates: 55°08′02″N 2°12′54″W / 55.134°N 2.215°W
Grid reference	NY863822
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	3
History
1 February 1861	Station opens
15 October 1956	Closed to passengers
11 November 1963	Goods services withdrawn
Disused railway stations in the United Kingdom
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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

Reedsmouth is a closed railway station in Northumberland, England. It was a junction station where the Wansbeck Railway (Morpeth to Reedsmouth) joined the Border Counties Railway (Hexham to Riccarton Junction).

Services

Preceding station	Disused railways			Following station
Bellingham		London and North Eastern Railway Border Counties Railway		Wark
Terminus		North British Railway Wansbeck Railway		Woodburn

See also

• List of closed railway stations in Britain

References

• Wansbeck Railway at Railscot Railway History website