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Amble railway station

Coordinates: 55°20′02″N 1°34′55″W / 55.334°N 1.582°W / 55.334; -1.582
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Amble
The site of Amble railway station
General information
LocationAmble, Northumberland
England
Platforms1
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original companyYork, Newcastle and Berwick Railway
Pre-groupingNorth Eastern Railway
Post-groupingLondon and North Eastern Railway
Key dates
5 September 1849Station opens
7 July 1930Station closes to passengers
14 December 1964Station closes to general goods
6 October 1969Station closes to coal traffic

Amble railway station was the terminus of the Amble branch line, which diverged from the East Coast Main Line at Chevington in Northumberland, Northern England. The branch opened in 1849 and closed to passengers in 1930. The station remained open for goods and coal until final closure in 1969.

History

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Opened by the North Eastern Railway, it became part of the London and North Eastern Railway during the Grouping of 1923. The station closed to passengers seven years later, but the goods service then passed on to the North Eastern Region of British Railways on nationalisation in 1948. It was then withdrawn by the British Railways Board.

The station has been demolished and the site is now a public carpark.


Preceding station   Disused railways   Following station
Broomhill   North Eastern Railway
Amble branch line
  Terminus

References

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  • Butt, R. V. J. (October 1995). The Directory of Railway Stations: details every public and private passenger station, halt, platform and stopping place, past and present (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 978-1-85260-508-7. OCLC 60251199. OL 11956311M.
  • Jowett, Alan (March 1989). Jowett's Railway Atlas of Great Britain and Ireland: From Pre-Grouping to the Present Day (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 978-1-85260-086-0. OCLC 22311137.
  • Jowett, Alan (2000). Jowett's Nationalised Railway Atlas (1st ed.). Penryn, Cornwall: Atlantic Transport Publishers. ISBN 978-0-906899-99-1. OCLC 228266687.
  • "Northumbrian Railways". Archived from the original on 16 July 2009. Retrieved 5 August 2008.
  • Station on navigable O.S. map
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55°20′02″N 1°34′55″W / 55.334°N 1.582°W / 55.334; -1.582