Fontburn Halt railway station explained

Fontburn Halt
Status:Disused
Borough:Coquetdale, Northumberland
Country:England
Coordinates:55.243°N -1.9224°W
Grid Name:Grid reference
Platforms:1
Original:Northumberland Central Railway
Pregroup:North British Railway
Postgroup:London and North Eastern Railway
North Eastern Region of British Railways
Years:1 June 1904
Events:Station opened
Years1:15 September 1952
Events1:Station closed to passengers
Years2:3 October 1956
Events2:Station closed to freight

Fontburn Halt was a weatherboard and corrugated-iron-built railway station in Northumberland, England, 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 to . In 1862 the line from to opened.

The next year the Northumberland Central Railway were authorised to construct a line from to Ford on the Berwick to Kelso line. They were also 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 to 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 In September 1952 passenger services were withdrawn and the line closed in November 1963.[3]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 Whitehouse lime works, the station later had a number of sidings serving various other local industries including the construction of the nearby Fontburn reservoir.[4]

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Disused Stations: Fontburn Halt. www.disused-stations.org.uk.
  2. Web site: Disused Stations: Scotsgap Station. www.subbrit.org.uk.
  3. Web site: Rothbury Branch . 2009-10-28 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20091008175938/http://www.northumbrian-railways.co.uk/index.php?page=rothbury-branch . 8 October 2009 .
  4. http://www.northumbrian-railways.co.uk/index.php?page=fontburn