- Middleton North railway station
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Middleton North 
Station remains in 2006. Location Place Middleton and Hartburn Area Wansbeck, Northumberland Grid reference NZ065852 Operations Original company Wansbeck Railway Pre-grouping Wansbeck Railway Company
North British RailwayPost-grouping London and North Eastern Railway
North Eastern Region of British RailwaysPlatforms 1 History 23 July 1862 Station opened as Middleton 13 September 1952 Station closed to passengers 29 September 1966 Station closed to freight 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–ZMiddleton North railway station was a stone built railway station on the Wansbeck Railway between Morpeth and Reedsmouth that served the villages of Middleton and Hartburn.
History
In 1859 Parliament authorised the Wansbeck Railway Company to build the line from Morpeth to Reedsmouth. Due to financial difficulties the line was built in stages[1]. In 1862 the line from Morpeth to Scotsgap opened, with an extension to Knowesgate opening a year later. At this time the Wansbeck Railway Company amalgamates with the North British Railway. It was only on 1 May 1865 that the line was completed. In 1923 the line and the North British Railway merged with the London and North Eastern Railway.
Little remains of the station today.
Preceding station Disused railways Following station Scotsgap
Line and station closedNorth British Railway
Wansbeck Railway
Angerton
Line and station closedReferences
External links
- Middleton North Station on Northumbrian Railways
- Middleton North on a navigable 1956 O. S. map
- The line on RailScot
Coordinates: 55°09′36″N 1°54′00″W / 55.160°N 1.900°W
(Newcastle Central) → → Cramlington • Stannington (closed) • Morpeth • Pegswood • Widdrington • Chevington (closed) • Acklington • Alnmouth • Longhoughton (closed) • Little Mill (closed) • Christon Bank (closed) • Chathill • Newham (closed) • Lucker (closed) • Belford (closed) • Smeafield (closed) • Beal (closed) • Goswick (closed) • Scremerston (closed) • Tweedmouth (closed) • Berwick-upon-Tweed → → (Edinburgh Waverley)Newcastle and Carlisle Railway (Newcastle Central) → → Heddon on the Wall (closed) • Wylam • North Wylam (closed) • Prudhoe • Stocksfield • Riding Mill • Corbridge • Hexham • Fourstones (closed) • Haydon Bridge • Bardon Mill • Haltwhistle • Greenhead (closed) •
Gilsland (closed) → → (Carlisle Citadel)Former railway lines Alnwick branch line Alston Line (Alston, Cumbria) → → Kirkhaugh • Slaggyford • Lambley • Coanwood • Featherstone Park • HaltwhistleAmble branch line Chevington • AmbleBlyth and Tyne Railway Border Counties Railway Hexham • Wall • Chollerford • Chollerton • Barrasford • Wark • Reedsmouth • Bellingham (North Tyne) • Charlton (Northumberland) • Tarset • Thorneyburn • Falstone • Plashetts • Lewiefield Halt • Kielder • Deadwater → → (Riccarton Junction)Cornhill Branch Hexham and Allendale Railway Kelso Branch Tweedmouth • Velvet Hall • Norham • Twizell • Coldstream • Sunilaws • Carham → → (Kelso)North Sunderland Railway Chathill • North Sunderland • SeahousesPonteland Light Railway (Gosforth) → → Ponteland • Darras HallRothbury Branch Rothbury • Brinkburn • Fontburn Halt • Ewesley • Longwitton • ScotsgapWansbeck Railway Morpeth • Meldon • Angerton • Middleton/Middleton North • Scotsgap • Knowesgate • Woodburn • ReedsmouthHeritage Railways South Tynedale Railway (Alston, Cumbria) → → KirkhaughCategories:- Disused railway stations in Northumberland
- Former North British Railway stations
- Railway stations opened in 1862
- Railway stations closed in 1966
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