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This was a two platform station. It is well preserved and is now The Station Garden with a cafe, art studio, garden and walking centre based in the former station buildings.

The line opened to Langley Lead Works, just to the north, in 1867 from Border Counties Junction, west of Hexham. The line was extended (through what would become Langley station) to Catton Road (later called Allenheads) in 1868 and opened to passengers in 1869. The lead works was served by a siding to the east of the station, north of the line.

The station had a loop and a goods siding at the west end, south of the line and approached from the west. The station building was north of the station, with a timber shelter on the platform. The northern platform was the passenger platform, the southern one was used for goods.

The bridge to the immediate east of the station carries a farm road, but beyond that is a far more interesting bridge which carried a flue from the Langley Lead Works (north of the station) to a chimney (to the south east).

The line closed to passengers in 1930. In 1936 the goods station became Langley-on-Tyne. The line closed completely in 1950.

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Langley Castle is about half a mile to the north.

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