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Border Counties Railway
The Border Counties Railway was a railway line connecting Hexham in Northumberland, with Riccarton Junction in Scotland, which was on the Waverley line to Edinburgh. The railway was opened in stages between 1858 and 1862. However, the line was not commercially sucessful and closed to passengers in 1956 and closed completely in 1963.
- Riccarton Junction (Scotland) - linking with Waverly route to Edinburgh
- Saughtree
- Deadwater
- Kielder
- Lewiefield Halt
- Plashetts - linking with Plashetts Colliery Waggonway
- Falstone
- Thorneyburn
- Tarset
- Charlton
- Bellingham
- Reedsmouth - linking with Wansbeck Railway to Morpeth
- Countess Park
- Wark
- Barrasford
- Chollerton
- Chollerford (later Humshaugh)
- Wall
- Border Counties Junction
- Hexham
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Embankment on the former Border Counties line near Barrasford
Pinned by Simon Cotterill
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Former Railway Station, Barrasford
- The former railway station at Barrasford was built as part of the Border Counties Railway. The station building is now part of an outdoors activity centre.
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Plashetts Station (1861 - 1958)
- Overview About Plashetts Station Plashetts railway station is a closed stone built railway station that served the mining hamlet of Plashetts, in Northumberland, England, which is now beneath the …
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Wansbeck Railway
- The Wansbeck Railway (or 'Wannie Line') was a single track railway, which ran from Morpeth to Redesmouth, where it made a junction with the Border Counties Railway. The line opened …
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Falstone Railway Station (1861 - 1958)
- Overview Map Street View The railway station at Falstone was built on a line of the Border Counties Railway, which had been absorbed into the North Eastern Railway by the …
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Old Railway Bridge, Bellsburnfoot
- Overview Map Street View There is an old railway bridge over Bells Burn to the south of Bellsburnfoot. It was built for the Borders County Railway, which opened in stages …
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Approaching site of former Kielder Forest station, 2000
Pinned by Simon Cotterill
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Embankment on the former Border Counties line near Barrasford
Pinned by Simon Cotterill
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Former Railway Station, Barrasford
- The former railway station at Barrasford was built as part of the Border Counties Railway. The station building is now part of an outdoors activity centre.
Co-Curate Page
Plashetts Station (1861 - 1958)
- Overview About Plashetts Station Plashetts railway station is a closed stone built railway station that served the mining hamlet of Plashetts, in Northumberland, England, which is now beneath the …
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Wansbeck Railway
- The Wansbeck Railway (or 'Wannie Line') was a single track railway, which ran from Morpeth to Redesmouth, where it made a junction with the Border Counties Railway. The line opened …
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Falstone Railway Station (1861 - 1958)
- Overview Map Street View The railway station at Falstone was built on a line of the Border Counties Railway, which had been absorbed into the North Eastern Railway by the …
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Old Railway Bridge, Bellsburnfoot
- Overview Map Street View There is an old railway bridge over Bells Burn to the south of Bellsburnfoot. It was built for the Borders County Railway, which opened in stages …
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Approaching site of former Kielder Forest station, 2000
Pinned by Simon Cotterill
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