Acklington railway station
Acklington Newcastle and Berwick Railway | |
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| Pre-grouping | North Eastern Railway |
| Post-grouping | |
| Key dates | |
| 1 July 1847 | Opened |
| Passengers | |
| 2018/19 |  320 |
| 2019/20 | 246 |
| 2020/21 | 66 |
| 2021/22 |  324 |
| 2022/23 | 434 |
| Location | |
  Acklington Location in Northumberland, England | |
| Notes | |
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road | |
Acklington is a railway station on the East Coast Main Line, which runs between London King's Cross and Edinburgh Waverley. The station, situated 28 miles 43 chains (28.5 mi; 45.9 km) north of Newcastle, serves the small village of Acklington in Northumberland, England. It is owned by Network Rail and managed by Northern Trains. It is the currently the least-used station in Northumberland, with an estimated 434 passenger journeys made during 2022/23.
History
The station was opened on 1 July 1847 by the
When Sectorisation was introduced, the station was served by Regional Railways until the Privatisation of British Railways. Intercity Sector trains passed through on the East Coast Main Line.
The station has a substantial main building on the northbound side, which is Grade-II listed and now used as a private residence.
Facilities
The station is unstaffed (so tickets must be purchased in advance or on the train) and only has basic amenities - a sizeable stone shelter and payphone on the southbound platform and a cycle rack on the northbound side.[4] Step-free access is available to both platforms.
Services
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Most services extend to/from
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All Services at Acklington are operated by Northern Trains using Class 156 and 158 DMUs.
The station is currently served by three trains per day (one in the morning and two in the evening) northbound to Chathill and southbound to Newcastle via Morpeth. Both services on weekdays and the morning service on Saturdays continue beyond Newcastle to Carlisle via Hexham.[5][6]
No services call at the station on Sundays.
| Preceding station |  National Rail
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Following station | ||
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| Northern Trains Limited Service | ||||
| Historical railways | ||||
| Chevington | North Eastern Railway |
Warkworth | ||
References
- ISSN 0033-8923.
- ^ Historic England - Acklington Station Archived 11 February 2017 at the Wayback Machine Pastscape.org
- ^ "A BRIEF HISTORY OF THE EAST COAST MAIN LINE IN NORTHUMBERLAND" Archived 13 May 2017 at the Wayback Machine Young, Alan Disused Stations Site Record; Retrieved 8 February 2017
- ^ Acklington station facilities Archived 17 July 2020 at the Wayback Machine National Rail Enquiries
- ^ "Train times: Alnmouth and Morpeth to Newcastle and Metrocentre" (PDF). Northern Trains. 12 December 2021. Archived (PDF) from the original on 3 November 2021. Retrieved 27 November 2021.
- ^ Table 148 National Rail timetable, May 2022
Sources
- OL 11956311M.
- Jowett, Alan (2000). Jowett's Nationalised Railway Atlas (1st ed.). Penryn, Cornwall: Atlantic Transport Publishers. OCLC 228266687.
- Jowett, Alan (March 1989). Jowett's Railway Atlas of Great Britain and Ireland: From Pre-Grouping to the Present Day (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. OCLC 22311137.
External links
- Train times and station information for Acklington railway station from National Rail