Amble railway station

Amble railway station was the terminus of the Amble branch line, which diverged from the East Coast Main Line at Chevington in Northumberland, Northern England. The branch opened in 1849 and closed to passengers in 1930, leaving Acklington as the nearest station to Amble. The station remained open for goods and coal until final closure in 1969.

Amble
Location
PlaceAmble
AreaNorthumberland
Operations
Original companyNewcastle and Berwick Railway
Pre-groupingNorth Eastern Railway
Post-groupingLondon and North Eastern Railway
Platforms1
History
5 September 1849Station opens
7 July 1930Station closes to passengers
14 December 1964Station closes to general goods
6 October 1969Station closes to coal traffic
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

History

Opened by the North Eastern Railway, it became part of the London and North Eastern Railway during the Grouping of 1923. The station closed to passengers seven years later, but the goods service then passed on to the Eastern Region of British Railways on nationalisation in 1948. It was then withdrawn by the British Railways Board.

The station has been demolished and the site is now a public carpark.

Preceding station   Disused railways   Following station
Broomhill   North Eastern Railway
Amble branch line
   Terminus

References
    • Butt, R. V. J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations: details every public and private passenger station, halt, platform and stopping place, past and present (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 978-1-85260-508-7. OCLC 60251199.
    • Jowett, Alan (March 1989). Jowett's Railway Atlas of Great Britain and Ireland: From Pre-Grouping to the Present Day (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 978-1-85260-086-0. OCLC 22311137.
    • Jowett, Alan (2000). Jowett's Nationalised Railway Atlas (1st ed.). Penryn, Cornwall: Atlantic Transport Publishers. ISBN 978-0-906899-99-1. OCLC 228266687.
    • "Northumbrian Railways".
    • "RAILSCOT on (York, Newcastle and Berwick Railway) showing the line".
    • Station on navigable O.S. map


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