- North Sunderland railway station
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- This article is about a former North Sunderland Railway station near Seahouses. For the active station of a similar name, see Sunderland station.
North Sunderland Location Place North Sunderland Area Northumberland Grid reference NU209315 Operations Original company North Sunderland Railway Pre-grouping London and North Eastern Railway Post-grouping North Eastern Region of British Railways Platforms 1 History 1 August 1898 Station opened for freight 14 December 1898 Station opened for passengers 27 October 1951 Station closed 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–ZNorth Sunderland railway station was a brick built station on the single track branch of the North Sunderland Railway, in north east England. The line connected the village and port of Seahouses to the railway network via a junction at Chathill.
History
Authorised in 1892, the North Sunderland Railway was built privately to serve the newly constructed harbour at Seahouses.[1] Construction started in 1896, and the line opened in 1898 for freight on 1 August and for passengers on 18 December. The line was rarely profitable, and thus the proposed station at Fleetham and the extension to Bamburgh were never constructed. The line was taken over by the LNER in 1939, and it closed on 27 October 1951 and officially wound up in April 1952.[2]
The brick built platform still remains.
References
External links
- North Sunderland Station on Northumbrian Railways
- North Sunderland Station on a navigable 1947 O. S. map
Former Services Preceding station Disused railways Following station Chathill London and North Eastern Railway
North Sunderland RailwaySeahouses North Sunderland Railway Locale Northumberland Track gauge 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 1⁄2 in) Legend
East Coast Mainline
Chathill 
East Coast Mainline
Pasture Hill Quarry
North Sunderland 
Bamburgh (proposed)
Seahouses (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 Sunderland Railway stations
- Railway stations opened in 1898
- Railway stations closed in 1951
- North East England railway station stubs
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