North Sunderland railway station

This article is about a former North Sunderland Railway station near Seahouses. For the active station of a similar name, see Sunderland station.

North Sunderland
Location
Place	North Sunderland
Area	Northumberland
Grid reference	NU209315
Operations
Original company	North Sunderland Railway
Post-grouping	London and North Eastern Railway North Eastern Region of British Railways
Platforms	1
History
1 August 1898	Station opened for freight
14 December 1898	Station opened for passengers
27 October 1951	Station closed
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North Sunderland railway station was a brick built station on the single track branch of the North Sunderland Railway, in north east England. The line connected the village and port of Seahouses to the railway network via a junction at Chathill.

History

Authorised in 1892, the North Sunderland Railway was built privately to serve the newly constructed harbour at Seahouses.^[1] Construction started in 1896, and the line opened in 1898 for freight on 1 August and for passengers on 18 December. The line was rarely profitable, and thus the proposed station at Fleetham and the extension to Bamburgh were never constructed. The line was taken over by the LNER in 1939, and it closed on 27 October 1951 and officially wound up in April 1952.^[2]

The brick built platform still remains.

References

External links

• North Sunderland Station on Northumbrian Railways
• North Sunderland Station on a navigable 1947 O. S. map

North Sunderland Railway
Locale Northumberland Track gauge 4 ft 8 1⁄2 in (1,435 mm)
Legend
East Coast Main Line Chathill   East Coast Main Line  Pasture Hill Quarry North Sunderland   Bamburgh (proposed) Seahouses

Coordinates: 55°34′39″N 1°40′08″W / 55.5776°N 1.6689°W / 55.5776; -1.6689