Place Scots' Gap Original company Wansbeck Railway | Grid reference NZ039867 Platforms in use 1 | |
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Area Wansbeck, Northumberland Pre-grouping Wansbeck Railway Company
North British Railway Post-grouping London and North Eastern Railway
North Eastern Region of British Railways 23 July 1862 Station opened as Scots Gap Similar Reedsmouth railway station, Ewesley railway station, Rothbury railway station, Angerton railway station, Meldon railway station | ||
Scotsgap was a stone built railway station in Northumberland on the Wansbeck Railway that served the villages of Scots' Gap and Cambo. It was located on the line between Morpeth and Reedsmouth, and was the junction for the branch line of the Northumberland Railway to Rothbury.
History
In 1859 Parliament authorised the Wansbeck Railway Company to build the line from Morpeth to Reedsmouth. Due to financial difficulties the line was built in stages. In 1862 the line from Morpeth to Scotsgap opened, with an extension to Knowesgate opening a year later. At this time the Wansbeck Railway Company amalgamates with the North British Railway. It was only on 1 May 1865 that the line was completed. In 1923 the line and the North British Railway merged with the London and North Eastern Railway.
The station was opened as Scots Gap in 1862, but was renamed Scotsgap in October 1903. In September 1952 passenger services were withdrawn from the line, and the goods service from much of the line in November 1963. The line was closed completely in the October 1966 with the station being closed on 3 October 1966. The station building and platform remain and the site is now occupied by an agricultural merchant.