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Kirknewton (Northumberland) railway station

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37: 404: 244:. It was situated on the north side of the B6351 approximately 1/4 mile from the village centre. The station closed to passengers on 22 September 1930 and to goods traffic on 30 March 1953, which was earlier than the northern part of the branch (in 1965). The station consisted of one passenger platform, as well as a 73: 445: 111: 479: 474: 248:
for local freight. The bridge crossing the College Burn, a short way west of the station was damaged in floods in 1948, along with a bridge that was washed away near Mindrum.
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The original signal box also remains, now converted into a storage shed. There is also a prefabricated
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and shed in the grounds of the Station Master's house.
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Disused railway station in Kirknewton, Northumberland
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Kirknewton
Northumberland
55°34′03″N 2°08′39″W / 55.5674°N 2.1442°W / 55.5674; -2.1442
Grid reference
NT910304
North Eastern Railway
LNER
Kirknewton, Northumberland
Cornhill Branch
North Eastern Railway
marshalling yard
Station Master
Nissen Hut
permanent way
"Disused Stations: Kirknewton"
"Glendale, History Society"
Mindrum
Cornhill Branch
Akeld
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North East England
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Disused railway stations in Northumberland
Former North Eastern Railway (UK) stations

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