Mines & mining heritage · North East England
Brinkburn railway station
Brinkburn railway station in England North East, United Kingdom.
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Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 1 h–2 h
About
Brinkburn railway station is a place of interest in England North East, United Kingdom — drawn from open-data sources for visitor reference. See the linked Wikipedia article for the full description.
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From the Wikipedia article
Brinkburn was a weatherboard- and corrugated-iron-built railway station in Northumberland on the Rothbury Branch built to serve the Healy Coate Colliery to which it was linked by a two-mile aerial ropeway.
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Background
History
In 1859 Parliament authorised the Wansbeck Railway Company to build the line from to . In 1862 the line from to opened. The next year the Northumberland Central Railway were authorised to construct a line from to Ford on the Berwick to Kelso line. They also were permitted to build a short branch line to Cornhill. Due to financial difficulties the line was to be built in stages starting with the section from to which was started in August 1869 and completed by November 1870. The North British Railway and the branch line became part of the London and North Eastern Railway in 1923. In September 1952 passenger services were withdrawn and the line closed in November 1963. Constructed to serve a…
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- Coordinates
- 55.2910, -1.8640
- District
- Northumberland
- Parish
- Brinkburn
- Postcode
- NE65 8JF
- Parliamentary constituency
- North Northumberland
Sources
- wikidata: Q4968409 (CC0)
- wikipedia: Brinkburn railway station (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Brinkburn railway station?
- Brinkburn railway station is in North East England, in the United Kingdom — coordinates 55.2910°, -1.8640°.