Heritage railway stations · North East England
Saughtree railway station
Saughtree railway station in England North East, United Kingdom.
Les Hull — CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons licence
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Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 1 h–2 h
- Free entry
About
Saughtree 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
Saughtree railway station is a closed railway station situated a mile north of the hamlet of Saughtree and two miles from the border with England.
Excerpt from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0. See the source article linked in Sources below.
Background
History
Saughtree railway station was on the Border Counties Railway which linked the Newcastle and Carlisle Railway, near Hexham, with the Border Union Railway at Riccarton Junction. The first section of the route was opened between Hexham and Chollerford in 1858, the remainder opening in 1862. Services to the station were never frequent, due to its remote location (the nearest settlement being a mile distant) – only a single train each way was timetabled to call on Mondays, Thursdays & Saturdays, to allow the handful of regular passengers to travel to to shop. The service was suspended altogether on 1 December 1944 as a wartime economy measure, eventually being reinstated in August 1948. and…
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- Coordinates
- 55.2748, -2.6869
- District
- Scottish Borders
- Postcode
- TD9 0SW
- Parliamentary constituency
- Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk
Sources
- wikidata: Q7427221 (CC0)
- wikipedia: Saughtree railway station (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Saughtree railway station?
- Saughtree railway station is in North-East England, United Kingdom (postcode TD9 0SW).
- Is Saughtree railway station free to visit?
- Yes, Saughtree railway station is free to enter.
- How do I get to Saughtree railway station?
- Drivers can navigate to postcode TD9 0SW. It sits within the Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk parliamentary constituency.