Place Rothbury Grid reference NU063017 23 November 1870 Station opened Platforms in use 1 | Area Northumberland Pre-grouping North British Railway Original company Rothbury Branch | |
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Post-grouping London and North Eastern Railway
North Eastern Region of British Railways Similar Ewesley railway station, Fontburn Halt railway st, Brinkburn railway station, Scotsgap railway station, Langley‑on‑Tyne railway station | ||
Rothbury was a brick and wood railway station in Northumberland at the end of the eponymous single track Rothbury Branch that served the town of Rothbury. Rothbury was the terminus of the line with a turntable at the end of the track.
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 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 In September 1952 passenger services were withdrawn and the line closed in November 1963.
Originally built in wood the station was rebuilt in stone in 1899. It had been demolished and the site is now an industrial estate.