Brinkburn railway station

Brinkburn was a weather board and corrugated iron built railway station in Northumberland on the Rothbury Branch built to serve the Healy Coate Colliery which it was linked to by a two-mile aerial ropeway.[1]

Brinkburn
Station building in 2006
Location	Coquetdale, Northumberland England
Grid reference	NZ087996
Platforms	1
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Original company	Rothbury Branch
Pre-grouping	North British Railway
Post-grouping	London and North Eastern Railway North Eastern Region of British Railways
Key dates
1 June 1904	Station opened
15 September 1952	Station closed to passengers
11 November 1963	Station closed to freight

The station in 1965

History

In 1859 Parliament authorised the Wansbeck Railway Company to build the line from Morpeth to Reedsmouth. In 1862 the line from Morpeth to Scotsgap opened.

The next year the Northumberland Central Railway were authorised to construct a line from Scotsgap 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[2] starting with the section from Scotsgap to Rothbury 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 In September 1952 passenger services were withdrawn and the line closed in November 1963.[3]

Constructed to serve a local colliery the station was poorly used, and was first downgraded to a halt,[4] and then closed in 1963. All that survives of the station is the stationmaster's house.

Preceding station		Disused railways		Following station
Fontburn Halt Line and station closed		North British Railway Rothbury Branch		Rothbury Line and station closed

Rothbury Branch
Overview Locale Northumberland Dates of operation 1870–1963 Successor North British Railway Technical Track gauge 4 ft 8 ^1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) Length 13 miles (21 km)
Rothbury Brinkburn Fontburn Halt Fontburn Viaduct Ewesley Longwitton Scotsgap Wansbeck Railway to Reedsmouth │ to Morpeth

References

1. http://www.subbrit.org.uk/sb-sites/stations/b/brinkburn/index.shtml
2. http://www.subbrit.org.uk/sb-sites/stations/s/scots_gap/index.shtml
3. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 8 October 2009. Retrieved 28 October 2009.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
4. http://www.subbrit.org.uk/sb-sites/stations/b/brinkburn/index.shtml

External links

• Brinkburn Station on Northumbrian Railways
• Brinkburn Station on Disused Stations
• Brinkburn Station on a navigable 1956 O. S. map
• The line on RailScot