Tarset railway station

Tarset
Tarset
Location
Place	Tarset
Area	Northumberland
Coordinates	55.161603°N 2.331948°W
Grid reference	NY790852
Operations
Original company	North British Railway
Post-grouping	British Railways (North Eastern)
Platforms	1
History
1 February 1862	Opened
9 September 1955	Name changed to Tarset Halt
15 October 1956	Closed to passengers
1 September 1958	Closed completely
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

Tarset railway station served the civil parish of Tarset, Northumberland, England from 1862 to 1958 on the Border Counties Railway.

History

The station was opened on 1 February 1862 by the North British Railway.[1]

It was situated at the end of an approach road and half a mile southwest of the hamlet of Lanehead.[2] The platform was on the down side with a siding and goods dock. There was a two-ton crane on the dock and the station was able to cope with most sorts of goods including vehicles and livestock.[3]

The station was host to a LNER camping coach from 1936 to 1939.[4]

The station was downgraded to an unstaffed halt on 9 September 1955 when it was renamed Tarset Halt.[1]

The station closed to passengers on 15 October 1956 and completely on 1 September 1958.[1][5]

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References

Quick, Michael (2019) [2001]. Railway passenger stations in Great Britain: a chronology (PDF) (5th ed.). Railway and Canal Historical Society.
"Tarset station on OS 25inch map Northumberland (New Series) LXV.5 (Bellingham; Chirdon; Smalesmouth; Tarset West; Thorneyburn)". National Library of Scotland. 1920. Retrieved 4 June 2020.
The Railway Clearing House (1970) [1904]. The Railway Clearing House Handbook of Railway Stations 1904 (1970 D&C Reprint ed.). Newton Abbot: David & Charles Reprints. p. 527. ISBN 0-7153-5120-6.
McRae, Andrew (1997). British Railway Camping Coach Holidays: The 1930s & British Railways (London Midland Region). Scenes from the Past: 30 (Part One). Foxline. p. 10. ISBN 1-870119-48-7.
Hurst, Geoffrey (1992). Register of Closed Railways: 1948-1991. Worksop, Nottinghamshire: Milepost Publications. pp. 11 & 13 (refs 0516 & 0592). ISBN 0-9477-9618-5.

External links

Tarset station

Preceding station	Historical railways			Following station
Thorneyburn Line and station closed		North British Railway Border Counties Railway		Charlton (Northumberland) Line and station closed

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[Quick-1] Quick, Michael (2019) [2001]. Railway passenger stations in Great Britain: a chronology (PDF) (5th ed.). Railway and Canal Historical Society.

[2] "Tarset station on OS 25inch map Northumberland (New Series) LXV.5 (Bellingham; Chirdon; Smalesmouth; Tarset West; Thorneyburn)". National Library of Scotland. 1920. Retrieved 4 June 2020.

[3] The Railway Clearing House (1970) [1904]. The Railway Clearing House Handbook of Railway Stations 1904 (1970 D&C Reprint ed.). Newton Abbot: David & Charles Reprints. p. 527. ISBN 0-7153-5120-6.

[4] McRae, Andrew (1997). British Railway Camping Coach Holidays: The 1930s & British Railways (London Midland Region). Scenes from the Past: 30 (Part One). Foxline. p. 10. ISBN 1-870119-48-7.

[5] Hurst, Geoffrey (1992). Register of Closed Railways: 1948-1991. Worksop, Nottinghamshire: Milepost Publications. pp. 11 & 13 (refs 0516 & 0592). ISBN 0-9477-9618-5.