View from a southbound train on the
Royal Border Bridge.
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This line is open. To the north it connected to the North British Railway and to the south to the Newcastle and Darlington Junction Railway and Newcastle and Carlisle Railway. The company was bought by the York, Newcastle and Berwick Railway which itself merged with other companies to become the North Eastern Railway. |
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The line runs through Northumberland, slightly inland from the coast. The area is most farmed, with some coal mining. The route is very much a through route main line with a sparse local service.
This line runs from Newcastle to Berwick.
This station is open.