Lewiefield Halt railway station

Coordinates: 55°12′50″N 2°33′29″W / 55.214°N 2.558°W / 55.214; -2.558
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Lewiefield Halt
General information
Location
Kielder, Northumberland
England
Coordinates55°12′50″N 2°33′29″W / 55.214°N 2.558°W / 55.214; -2.558
Grid referenceNY646913
Platforms1
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Post-groupingLondon and North Eastern Railway
Key dates
3 July 1933Station opened
15 October 1956Station closed to passengers and freight
Border Counties Railway
Overview
StatusClosed
Locale
  • British Railways - 1948
Closed
Technical
Track gauge4 ft 8+12 in (1,435 mm)
Route map

Up arrow
Edinburgh
Riccarton Junction
Saughtree
Scotland
England
Deadwater
Kielder
Lewiefield Halt
Plashetts
Plashetts Colliery Waggonway
portion of line flooded by Kielder Water
Falstone
Thorneyburn
Tarset
Charlton
Bellingham
Reedsmouth
Countess Park
(1859–1861)
Wark
Barrasford
Chollerton
Chollerford
(later Humshaugh)
Wall
Border Counties Junction
Hexham
Down arrow
Newcastle

Lewiefield Halt was a wooden-built halt that served the hamlet of Lewie, and a Ministry of Labour training camp, in Northumberland, England.

History

The halt was on the

British Railways in 1956. Part of the line is now beneath the surface of Kielder Water
.

The halt was constructed primarily to serve a

Second World War when the local camp was used to first house conscientious objectors, then refugees. After the war traffic to the halt was limited and it closed in 1956.[1] Only an overgrown platform remains of the halt today.[2]

Former services
Preceding station   Disused railways   Following station
Kielder   LNER
Border Counties Railway
  Plashetts

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