Wylam railway station

Wylam is a station on the Tyne Valley Line, serving Wylam in Northumberland. Services are currently provided by Northern, who also manage the station.

Wylam
Looking towards Newcastle from the eastbound platform.
Location
Place	Wylam
Local authority	Northumberland
Grid reference	NZ120644
Operations
Station code	WYM
Managed by	Northern
Number of platforms	2
DfT category	F1
Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage*
2014/15	0.112 million
2015/16	0.106 million
2016/17	0.108 million
2017/18	0.104 million
2018/19	97,642
National Rail – UK railway stations
* Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Wylam from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year.

It is located on the former Newcastle and Carlisle Railway, around 10 miles (16 km) west of Newcastle, on the route to Carlisle.

The station was formerly one of two at Wylam, the other being North Wylam on the Scotswood, Newburn & Wylam Railway, which was closed along with most of the line in 1968. This was situated at the opposite end of Wylam Bridge, and is now the site of a car park.

Constructed in 1835, the Stationmaster's House is a Grade II* Listed Building,[1] whilst the footbridge[2] and signalbox[3] are both Grade II Listed. The station is one of the earliest still in use in the world.[1]

Station Road crosses the line by a level crossing, with the station layout being unusual, in that the platforms are not opposite each other. The westbound (trains towards Hexham & Carlisle) platform is to the east of the level crossing alongside the stationmaster's house, whilst the eastbound (trains towards Newcastle) platform is to the west of the level crossing.

The overline, elevated signal box, once a popular design for the line is now almost unique, with the only other surviving signal box of this design located at Hexham.[4]

The station has direct access, from the westbound platform via a footbridge and stairs, to the former (now redeveloped as housing) RVI Convalescent Home. This was once serviced by a direct 'hospital train', which ran from Newcastle to Wylam only.[5]

Facilities

The station is unstaffed, with self-service ticketing machines installed in 2019, meaning that tickets must be bought before boarding.

There are shelters on both platforms, and a help point on the westbound platform, providing train running information, in addition to the timetable posters on each side.

Step-free access is available to both platforms via the level crossing and ramps.[6]

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

As of the December 2019 timetable change, Northern operate an hourly service (Monday to Saturday) between Hexham and Nunthorpe, with additional trains also calling at the station during the morning and evening peak. On a Sunday, an hourly service operates between Carlisle and Nunthorpe, with some trains continuing as far as Whitby.[7]

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Blaydon		Northern Tyne Valley Line		Prudhoe

References

1. Historic England. "Details from listed building database (1370462)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 17 March 2009.
2. Historic England. "Details from listed building database (1044926)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 17 March 2009.
3. Historic England. "Details from listed building database (1155046)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 17 March 2009.
4. Minnis, John. "Railway signal boxes: A review" (PDF). English Heritage. p. 36. ISSN 2046-9802. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 17 July 2019.
5. Makepeace, M. "Whickham Web Wanderers: On the Railway". Retrieved 10 February 2016.
6. Wylam station facilitiesNational Rail Enquiries; Retrieved 2 February 2017
7. GB eNRT December 2019 Edition, Table 48 (Network Rail)

External links

• Train times and station information for Wylam railway station from National Rail