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Alston branch railway
Newcastle and Carlisle Railway
NandCR
civil parish:-   Haltwhistle
civil parish:-   Featherstone
civil parish:-   Hartleyburn
civil parish:-   Knaresdale with Kirkhaugh
county:-   Northumberland
locality type:-   railway
civil parish:-   Alston Moor (formerly Cumberland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   railway
SummaryText:-   from Haltwhistle on the Newcastle and Carlisle Railway, through Featherstone Park, Lambley, Slaggyford, Northumberland; to Alston, Cumberland.
references:-   image
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evidence:-   old map:- North Eastern Railway c1900
placename:-  North Eastern Railway
source data:-   Railway map, wall map of coloured ceramic tiles, North Eastern Railway, scale about 2.5 miles to 1 inch, made by Craven, Dunnill and Co, Jackfield, Shropshire, about 1900.
image  click to enlarge
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item:-  National Railway Museum : 1995-7786
Image © see bottom of page

hearsay:-  
A narrow gauge railway, the South Tynedale Railway, now uses some of the trackbed of the Alston branch railway.

person:-   railway company
 : Newcastle and Carlisle Railway
date:-   1829
 to 1862

person:-   railway company
 : North Eastern RailwayNER
date:-   1862
 to 1923

person:-   railway company
 : London and North Eastern RailwayLNER
date:-   1923
 to 1948

person:-   railway company
 : British RailwaysBR
date:-   1948

also see:-    Newcastle and Carlisle Railway

also see:-    South Tynedale Railway

goes through:-    Haltwhistle Station, Haltwhistle
 Haltwhistle Junction, Haltwhistle
 Haltwhistle Viaduct, Haltwhistle
 Featherstone Park Station, Featherstone
 railway bridge, Featherstone
 Coanwood Halt, Coanwood
 Lambley Viaduct, Lambley
 Lambley Junction, Lambley
 Lambley Station, Lambley
 Burnstones Viaduct, Burnstones
 railway bridge, Knaresdale with Kirkhaugh
 Slaggyford Station, Slaggyford
 railway bridge, Knaresdale with Kirkhaugh (2)
 Gilderdale Viaduct, Alston Moor
 Tyne Viaduct, Alston Moor
 railway goods shed, Alston
 engine shed, Alston
 Alston Station, Alston
26.8.1846: authorized -  

1852: opened -  

1.5.1976: closed -  

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