RAILSCOT | Lynemouth Power Station

Works

Lynemouth Power Station (1972-)

Served by the Ashington Collieries Railway.

Nearby stations Newbigging Ashington Ashington [Private] North Seaton Longhirst Widdrington Bedlington Choppington Pegswood Blyth [1st] Blyth [2nd] Bebside Hepscott Newsham Chevington	Lynemouth Colliery Lynemouth Coal terminal Alcan Branch Junction Lynemouth Aluminium Smelter Newbigging Colliery Bewicke Drift Mine Woodhorn Junction Woodhorn Colliery Ellington Colliery Potland Loading Pad Ashington Colliery North Seaton Colliery Linton Colliery Wansbeck Viaduct Tourist/other Potland Level Crossing
Location names in dark blue are on the same original line.

/ /1972	Ashington Collieries Railway Lynemouth Power Station opens for the Lynemouth Aluminium Smelter, then under construction. The power station was built on the already existing Ashington Collieries Railway.
/03/2012	Lynemouth Aluminium Works Branch (British Railways) Lynemouth Aluminium Smelter closes. Its power station, Lynemouth Power Station, remains open.
/ /2015	Ashington Collieries Railway Lynemouth Power Station ceases to use coal.
/ /2018	Ashington Collieries Railway Lynemouth Power Station re-opens having been converted to use biomass.