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| Alston branch railway | |||
| Newcastle and Carlisle Railway | |||
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| 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:- |  RWY003.jpg |
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| evidence:- | old map:- North Eastern Railway c1900 placename:- North Eastern Railway |
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| 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. click to enlargeNER1R1.jpg item:- National Railway Museum : 1995-7786 Image © see bottom of page |
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| hearsay:- |
A narrow gauge railway, the South Tynedale Railway, now uses some of the trackbed
of the Alston branch railway. |
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| person:- | railway company : Newcastle and Carlisle Railway |
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| date:- | 1829 to 1862 |
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| person:- | railway company : North Eastern Railway; NER |
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| date:- | 1862 to 1923 |
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| person:- | railway company : London and North Eastern Railway; LNER |
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| date:- | 1923 to 1948 |
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| person:- | railway company : British Railways; BR |
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| date:- | 1948 |
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| also see:- |  Newcastle and Carlisle Railway |
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| also see:- | South Tynedale Railway |
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| 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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