Station code ACK DfT category F2 Number of platforms 2 | Grid reference NU222015 Managed by Northern 2011/12 192 | |
Similar Alnmouth railway station, Chathill railway station, Morpeth railway station, Widdrington railway station, Cramlington railway station | ||
Acklington railway station 16 aug 2016
Acklington railway station serves the village of Acklington in Northumberland, England.
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The station is located on the East Coast Main Line 28 1⁄2 miles (46 km) north of Newcastle, although in the December 2016 timetable the only trains calling at Acklington are one northbound and two southbound local services operated on Mondays to Saturdays (and none on Sundays) by Northern, who also manage the station.
History
Opened by the York, Newcastle and Berwick Railway, then joining the North Eastern Railway, it became part of the London and North Eastern Railway during the Grouping of 1923. The line then passed on to the Eastern Region of British Railways on nationalisation in 1948.
When Sectorisation was introduced, the station was served by Regional Railways until the Privatisation of British Railways. Intercity Sector trains passed through on the East Coast Main Line.
The station has a substantial main building on the northbound side, which is Grade-II listed and now used as a private residence. It also had a goods yard and signal box. The station avoided the Beeching Axe in the late 1960s that claimed several others on the East Coast main line and until the late 1980s had through trains to Berwick-upon-Tweed and Edinburgh Waverley (though only 3-4 per day each way in total). Electrification of the ECML and a rolling stock shortage led to the timetable being cut to the present residual level in 1991.
Facilities
The station is unstaffed (so tickets must be purchased in advance or on the train) and only has basic amenities - a sizeable stone shelter and payphone on the southbound platform and a cycle rack on the northbound side. Step-free access is available to both platforms.
Service
The three departures each weekday run at 18:25 northbound to Alnmouth and Chathill and southbound at 07:39 and 19:30 to Newcastle (the latter train continues to Hexham). The Saturdays timetable has the same frequency but southbound trains depart at 07:39 and 18:56 (both to Newcastle) and the northbound service at 17:38.