Humshaugh
The site of the station in 1997
General information
LocationChollerford, Northumberland
England
Coordinates55°01′44″N 2°07′30″W / 55.029°N 2.125°W / 55.029; -2.125
Grid referenceNY921705
Platforms1
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original companyNorth British Railway
Pre-groupingNorth British Railway
Post-groupingLondon and North Eastern Railway
British Railways (North Eastern)
Key dates
5 April 1858 (1858-04-05)Opened as Chollerford
1 August 1919Name changed to Humshaugh
15 October 1956Closed to passengers
1 September 1958 (1958-09-01)Closed completely

Humshaugh railway station served the village of Chollerford, Northumberland, England from 1858 to 1958 on the Border Counties Railway.

History

The station was opened as Chollerford on 5 April 1858 by the North British Railway.[1]

It was situated on the east side of Military Road on the B6318 at the end of Chollerford Bridge over the River North Tyne. Nearby sidings gave access to a lime depot until the 1890s. There were two loops in front of the platform and three further sidings, two running diagonally behind the platform and the third running parallel with the running line. The siding at the southwest end of the platform served a cattle dock and the good shed, which had an awning over the platform. The goods yard had a two-ton crane.[2][3]

The station's name was changed to Humshaugh on 1 August 1919 to avoid confusion with Chollerton, the previous station on the line.[1]

The station was host to a LNER camping coach from 1935 to 1939 and possibly one for some of 1934.[4]

The station closed to passengers on 15 October 1956 and to goods traffic on 1 September 1958.[1][5]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Quick, Michael (2022) [2001]. Railway passenger stations in Great Britain: a chronology (PDF). version 5.04. Railway & Canal Historical Society. p. 249. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 November 2022.
  2. ↑ The Railway Clearing House (1970) [1904]. The Railway Clearing House Handbook of Railway Stations 1904 (1970 D&C Reprint ed.). Newton Abbot: David & Charles Reprints. p. 120. ISBN 0-7153-5120-6.
  3. ↑ "Chollerford station on OS 25inch map Northumberland (Old Series) LXXXV.6 (Chollerton; Cocklaw; Humshaugh; Wall)". National Library of Scotland. 1896. Retrieved 4 June 2020.
  4. ↑ McRae, Andrew (1997). British Railway Camping Coach Holidays: The 1930s & British Railways (London Midland Region). Vol. Scenes from the Past: 30 (Part One). Foxline. p. 10. ISBN 1-870119-48-7.
  5. ↑ Hurst, Geoffrey (1992). Register of Closed Railways: 1948-1991. Worksop, Nottinghamshire: Milepost Publications. pp. 11 & 13 (refs 0516 & 0593). ISBN 0-9477-9618-5.
Preceding station   Disused railways   Following station
Chollerton
Line and station closed		   North British Railway
Border Counties Railway		   Wall
Line and station closed


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