Haydon Bridge railway station

Haydon Bridge railway station is a railway station which serves the village of Haydon Bridge in Northumberland, England. It is located on the Tyne Valley Line which runs from Newcastle upon Tyne to Carlisle, it's located 30 miles (48 km) west of Newcastle and 31 ³⁄₄ miles (51.1 km) east of Carlisle.

Haydon Bridge
Location
Place	Haydon Bridge
Local authority	Northumberland
Coordinates	54.975°N 2.248°W / 54.975; -2.248
Grid reference	NY842645
Operations
Station code	HDB
Managed by	Northern
Number of platforms	2
DfT category	F2
Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage*
2014/15	38,916
2015/16	31,976
2016/17	32,802
2017/18	30,554
2018/19	37,504
History
Original company	Newcastle and Carlisle Railway
Pre-grouping	North Eastern Railway
Post-grouping	London and North Eastern Railway
28 June 1836	Temporary station opened
18 June 1838	Permanent station opened
National Rail – UK railway stations
Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Haydon Bridge from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year.

The station is owned by Network Rail and is managed by Northern who provide all passenger train services.

History

The original station house of June 1836, photographed in 1956

The Newcastle and Carlisle Railway was formed in 1829, and was opened in stages.[1] The section of that line between Hexham and Haydon Bridge was opened on 28 June 1836;[2] the terminus station at Haydon Bridge was temporary, and was replaced by a permanent station on 18 June 1838,[3] when the line was extended to Greenhead.[2] The next station to the east of Haydon Bridge was Fourstones,[4] which closed in 1967.[5] The station became an unstaffed halt the same year, though the main station building is still intact and used as a private house.

The station's distinctive manually operated wooden level crossing gates (as seen in the accompanying photograph) have been replaced by modern lifting barriers in January 2009,[6] although they remain under the control of the adjacent NER signal box.

Facilities

There are now ticket facilities at the station as one on the Newcastle-bound platform was introduced in 2018. There are shelters on each platform, with that on the southern (eastbound) side the more substantial. Train running information can be obtained from timetable posters, digital displays or by telephone; there is a payphone on platform 2. Step-free access is available to both platforms via the level crossing.[7]

Services

Northern Trains Route 4: Tyne Valley Line
West Coast Main Line to Edinburgh & Glasgow Glasgow South Western Line to Glasgow Carlisle Cumbrian Coast Line to Barrow-in-Furness & West Coast Main Line to London Euston Settle to Carlisle Line Wetheral Brampton Haltwhistle Bardon Mill Haydon Bridge Hexham Corbridge Riding Mill Stocksfield Prudhoe Wylam Blaydon MetroCentre Dunston East Coast Main Line to London King's Cross Newcastle East Coast Main Line to Edinburgh Durham Coast Line to Middlesbrough

The station now has an hourly service for most of the day Monday-Saturday (since the May 2018 timetable change). On Sundays, there is a two-hourly service each way.[8]

Notes

1. James, Leslie (November 1983). A Chronology of the Construction of Britain's Railways 1778-1855. Shepperton: Ian Allan. p. 22. ISBN 0-7110-1277-6. BE/1183.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
2. Allen, Cecil J. (1974) [1964]. The North Eastern Railway. Shepperton: Ian Allan. p. 36. ISBN 0-7110-0495-1.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
3. Butt, R.V.J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations. Yeovil: Patrick Stephens Ltd. p. 116. ISBN 1-85260-508-1. R508.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
4. Conolly, W. Philip (January 1976). British Railways Pre-Grouping Atlas and Gazetteer (5th ed.). Shepperton: Ian Allan. p. 27, section B3. ISBN 0-7110-0320-3. EX/0176.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
5. Butt 1995, p. 99
6. Network Rail Press release regarding crossing modernisation work Network Rail Media Centre; accessed 2009-01-05
7. Haydon Bridge station facilitiesNational Rail Enquiries; Retrieved 30-01-2017
8. Table 48 National Rail timetable, December 2019

External links

• Train times and station information for Haydon Bridge railway station from National Rail

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Hexham		Northern Tyne Valley Line		Bardon Mill
	Historical railways
Fourstones Line open, station closed		North Eastern Railway Newcastle and Carlisle Railway		Bardon Mill Line and station open