Haltwhistle

Location type

Station

Name and dates

Haltwhistle (1838-)

Station code: HWH National Rail
Where: North East England, England
Opened on the Newcastle and Carlisle Railway.
Opened on the Alston Branch (Newcastle and Carlisle Railway).

Description

This is a two platform station in West End, to the west of the village of Haltwhistle's centre. The station is in excellent condition. There is a stone built building on the eastbound platform, timber on the westbound, elevated and disused signal box is at the east end of the westbound platform alongside the footbridge. A very large water tank survives in the former goods yard to the north west of the station. The yard itself is still in railway use as a permanent way depot.

The station opened in 1838 with the central portion which completed the Newcastle and Carlisle Railway. From 1851 it became a junction for the line to Alston, to the south. This branch closed in 1976 and its platform made the existing westbound platform into an island, the branch using its south face.

The island platform's south face could be accessed from the main line at either end and the branch started from the east end of its loop. Access to the main line from the branch was from its west end. The main line is double track, the branch was a single line. The branch followed the east bank of the River South Tyne southwards after crossing the river close to the east end of the station.

The goods yard at Haltwhistle was at the west end of the station, north side, approached from the west. In addition there were sidings served from the branch platform's loop at the west end of the loop, and a turntable.

To the east of the station and branch junctionwas a short mineral branch running north from the main line.

Tags

Station junction

External links

NLS Collection OS map of 1892-1914
NLS Collection OS map of 1944-67
NLS Map
NLS Map
NLS Map




News items

15/08/2023History of Haltwhistle under the spotlight in new exhibition [Northern]
25/11/2022Northern issues Do Not Travel advice on routes between Carlisle and Skipton this Sunday [Northern]
23/10/2022Passengers advised not to travel due to no rail replacement buses from Carlisle to Appleby and Haltwhistle [News and Star]
03/09/2022Work on Haltwhistle Railway Station praised by rail minister [News and Star]
21/02/2022Major revamp of Haltwhistle Station nears completion [Community Rail Network]
01/09/2021Haltwhistle train station undergoing work to redevelop disused railway buildings [News and Star]
25/05/2021Redevelopment of Haltwhistle Station waiting rooms continues [Community Rail Network]

Books


A History of North Eastern Railway Architecture: A Mature Art v. 2

A History of North Eastern Railway Architecture: Pioneers v. 1

A History of the Newcastle and Carlisle Railway, 1824 - 1870: The First Line Across Britain

A Regional History of the Railways of Great Britain: The North-east v. 4 (A regional history of the railways of Great Britain)

An Illustrated History of Carlisle's Railways

Hexham to Carlisle: Including the Alston and the Brampton Branches (Eastern Main Lines)

Hexham to Carlisle: Including the Alston and the Brampton Branches (Eastern Main Lines)

Newcastle (Rail Centres)

Newcastle to Hexham: Including the Allendale Branch (Eastern Main Lines)

North Eastern Railway: Historical Maps

The Border Counties Railway Steam Memories 1950's-1960's: Newcastle to Reedsmouth No. 68, pt. 1