Whittingham railway station (Northumberland)

Whittingham railway station served the village of Whittingham, Northumberland, England from 1887 to 1953 on the Cornhill Branch.

Whittingham
The remnants of the station in 2010
General information
LocationWhittingham, Northumberland
England
Coordinates55.4028°N 1.8614°W / 55.4028; -1.8614
Grid referenceNU088121
Platforms2
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original companyNorth Eastern Railway
Post-groupingLNER
Key dates
5 September 1887 (1887-09-05)Opened
22 September 1930Closed to passengers
2 March 1953 (1953-03-02)Closed completely

History

The station opened on 5 September 1887 by the North Eastern Railway.[1] It was situated on the north side of an unnamed road and immediately west of the junction at the A697. The station had five sidings on the west side, one serving a goods shed, three serving a goods platform and the last one serving a coal drop and a weighbridge.[2]

The station closed to passengers on 22 September 1930 and to goods traffic on 2 March 1953.[1][3]

Despite there being no passenger service the station site was host to a LNER camping coach from 1935 to 1939 and may have had a coach visiting in 1934 and 1935. Camping coach residents were transported to and from the coach in a passenger carriage attached to parcels trains.[1][4]

In 2009 the station was bought by a private individual, in order to transform it into his residence.[5] The work of restoration was documented in the episode "Victorian Railway Station" of the television series The Restoration Man.[6] By 2016 the restoration work is still going.[7]

References
  1. Quick, Michael (2022) [2001]. Railway passenger stations in Great Britain: a chronology (PDF). version 5.04. Railway & Canal Historical Society. pp. 481 & 548. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 November 2022.
  2. "Disused Stations: Whittingham". Disused Stations. Retrieved 14 March 2018.
  3. Hurst, Geoffrey (1992). Register of Closed Railways: 1948-1991. Worksop, Nottinghamshire: Milepost Publications. p. 8 (ref 0347). ISBN 0-9477-9618-5.
  4. McRae, Andrew (1997). British Railway Camping Coach Holidays: The 1930s & British Railways (London Midland Region). Vol. Scenes from the Past: 30 (Part One). Foxline. p. 10. ISBN 1-870119-48-7.
  5. Daniel, Brian (20 June 2011). "Whittingham Station to be turned into home for businessman". The Journal. Retrieved 1 November 2019.
  6. Butcher, David. "The Restoration Man - S4 - Episode 2". Radio Times. Retrieved 1 November 2019.
  7. The Newsroom (21 January 2016). "SLIDESHOW: A home to be proud of..." Retrieved 1 November 2019.
Preceding station   Disused railways   Following station
Glanton
Line and station closed		   North Eastern Railway
Cornhill Branch		   Edlingham
Line and station closed


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