Deadwater railway station

Deadwater railway station is a closed railway station situated on the border between England and Scotland at the head of the North Tyne River. The station served the settlement of Deadwater which consisted of just six houses.[1]

Deadwater
Station building in September 2009
Location
Place	Kielder
Area	Northumberland
Grid reference	NY603969
Operations
Original company	North British Railway
Pre-grouping	North British Railway
Post-grouping	London and North Eastern Railway North Eastern Region of British Railways
Platforms	1
History
1880	Station opened as Deadwater Foot Crossing
15 October 1956	Station closed to passengers
1 September 1958	Station closed to freight
Disused railway stations in the United Kingdom
Closed railway stations in Britain A B C D–F G H–J K–L M–O P–R S T–V W–Z

Border Counties Railway
Overview
Type	Heavy rail
Status	Closed
Locale	Roxburghshire, Scotland Northumberland, England
Operation
Commenced	11 December 1855
Opened	2 April 1858 (1858-04-02)
Completed	24 June 1862
Closed	1 September 1958 (1958-09-01) (except Reedsmouth–Bellingham, closed 11 November  1963)
Events
Merged into	North British Railway - 1860
Merged into	London North Eastern Railway - 1923
Merged into	British Railways - 1948
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

History

Deadwater 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, a stone built station building, and a siding that crossed the border which was just north of the station proper.[2]

The station building and platform still stand.

Former Services

Preceding station		Disused railways		Following station
Saughtree		LNER Border Counties Railway		Kielder

References

1. Robson, E. (2007). The Border Line, Frances Lincoln Publishers, page 102.
2. Deadwater Station, Northumbrian Railways, UK.

External links

• Deadwater Station on Disused Stations
• Deadwater Station on Northumbrian Railways
• Deadwater Station on a navigable 1955 O.S. map