Falstone railway station

Falstone
Station building in 2009.
General information
Location	Falstone, Northumberland England
Grid reference	NY726874
Platforms	1
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Original company	Border Counties Railway
Pre-grouping	North British Railway
Post-grouping	London and North Eastern Railway North Eastern Region of British Railways
Key dates
2 September 1861	Station opened
15 October 1956	Station closed to passengers
1 September 1958	Station closed to freight

Border Counties Railway
Overview
Status	Closed
Locale	British Railways - 1948
Closed	1 September 1958 (1958-09-01) (except Reedsmouth–Bellingham, closed 11 November  1963)
Technical
Track gauge	4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm)
Route map Legend Edinburgh Riccarton Junction Waverley Route to Carlisle Saughtree Scotland England Deadwater Kielder Lewiefield Halt Plashetts Plashetts Colliery Waggonway portion of line flooded by Kielder Water Falstone Thorneyburn Tarset Charlton Bellingham Wansbeck Railway to Morpeth Reedsmouth Countess Park (1859–1861) Wark Barrasford Chollerton Chollerford (later Humshaugh) Wall Newcastle & Carlisle Railway to Carlisle Border Counties Bridge Border Counties Junction Hexham Newcastle

Falstone railway station is a former railway station that served the hamlet of Falstone, in Northumberland, England.

History

The station was on the

The station had a single platform and a stone built station building^[1] both of which survived the line's closure. The station building is residential accommodation and offices.

References

External links

• Falstone Station on Disused Stations
• Falstone Station on a navigable 1955 O. S. map

55°10′45″N 2°25′54″W / 55.1791°N 2.4317°W / 55.1791; -2.4317