Kielder railway station

Kielder
General information
Location	Kielder, Northumberland England
Grid reference	NY626935
Platforms	1
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Original company	Border Counties Railway
Pre-grouping	North British Railway
Post-grouping	London and North Eastern Railway
Key dates
1 January 1862	Station opened
1 October 1948	Station renamed Kielder Forest
15 October 1956	Station closed to passengers
1 September 1958	Station closed to freight

Border Counties Railway
Overview
Status	Closed
Locale	Roxburghshire, Scotland Northumberland, England
Service
Type	Heavy rail
History
Commenced	11 December 1855
Opened	2 April 1858 (1858-04-02)
Completed	24 June 1862
Merged into	North British Railway - 1860
Merged into	London North Eastern Railway - 1923
Merged into	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 Waverley Route to 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 & Carlisle Railway to Newcastle

Kielder railway station is a closed railway station that served the village hamlet of Kielder, Northumberland.

History

Kielder railway station was on the Border Counties Railway which linked the Newcastle and Carlisle Railway, near Hexham, with the Border Union Railway at Riccarton Junction. The first section of the route was opened between Hexham and Chollerford in 1858, the remainder opening in 1862. The line was closed to passengers by British Railways in 1956.

The station had a single platform and a stone built station building in the form of two semi-detached cottages. A signal box was added in the late 1800s, causing the platform to be shortened by ten yards.

The station building, now two private houses, still stands near the 'Station Garage'.

Former Services

Preceding station		Disused railways		Following station
Deadwater		LNER Border Counties Railway		Lewiefield Halt

External links

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