Falstone railway station

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

Falstone
Station building in 2009.
Location
Place	Falstone
Area	Northumberland
Grid reference	NY726874
Operations
Original company	Border Counties Railway
Pre-grouping	North British Railway
Post-grouping	London and North Eastern Railway North Eastern Region of British Railways
Platforms	1
History
2 September 1861	Station opened
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

The 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 1861-1862. The line was closed to passengers by British Railways in 1956.

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.

Former services

Preceding station		Disused railways		Following station
Plashetts		LNER Border Counties Railway		Thorneyburn

References

1. http://www.subbrit.org.uk/sb-sites/stations/f/falstone/index.shtml

External links

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