Place Rowfoot Grid reference NY682608 19 July 1851 Station opens | Area Northumberland Pre-grouping North Eastern Railway Platforms in use 1 | |
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Post-grouping London and North Eastern Railway Original company Newcastle & Carlisle Railway Similar Langley‑on‑Tyne railway station, Staward Halt railway st, Fontburn Halt railway st, Lambley railway station, Brinkburn railway station | ||
Featherstone Park railway station was a station 3 miles up the Alston Line which ran from the junction at Haltwhistle on the Newcastle and Carlisle Railway.
History
Opened by the Newcastle and Carlisle Railway, it was taken over firstly by the North Eastern Railway and later became part of the London and North Eastern Railway during the Grouping of 1923, passing on to the Eastern Region of British Railways during the nationalisation of 1948. It was closed by the British Railways Board in 1976.
References
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