Akeld railway station
Akeld | |
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North Eastern Railway | |
Post-grouping | London and North Eastern Railway North Eastern Region of British Railways |
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5 September 1887 | Station opens |
22 September 1930 | Closed to passengers |
29 March 1965 | Goods services withdrawn |
Akeld was a stone built
History
Authorised in 1882 the Cornhill Branch was built to link the farming communities of north Northumberland with the market town of Alnwick and link the North Eastern Railway's Kelso line to its Alnwick Branch. Construction started by the North Eastern Railway in 1884, and the line opened to freight between Cornhill and Wooperton on 2 May 1887, and the whole line for both freight and passengers on 5 September of the same year. The line had difficulty attracting passengers as many of the stations were some distance from the communities they served. Increased bus competition in the 1920s led to passenger trains being withdrawn on 22 September 1930[1] although the service resumed briefly during the Second World War to serve RAF Milfield near Akeld.[2]
After a severe storm in August 1948
Services
Preceding station | Disused railways | Following station | ||
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Kirknewton | North Eastern Railway
Cornhill branch line |
Wooler |
Present day
The station building is substantially intact and having undergone restoration is let to holidaymakers.
References
- ^ "The Alnwick and Cornhill Railway". Archived from the original on 22 July 2011. Retrieved 16 December 2009.
- ^ "Disused Stations: Akeld Station".
- ^ Passengers No More by D.Daniels and L.A .Dench
- OL 11956311M.
- 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.
- Jowett, Alan (2000). Jowett's Nationalised Railway Atlas (1st ed.). Penryn, Cornwall: Atlantic Transport Publishers. OCLC 228266687.
External links
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- Akeld Station on Northumbrian Railways
- Akeld Station on Disused Stations
- Station on navigable O.S. map
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