Lucker Station


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Lucker Railway Station (1847 - 1965)


Lucker

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    "....Lucker was quite remarkable as station of no importance yet possessing a building magnificent both in size and decoration; some of Britain’s towns were given inferior station buildings. Lucker was favoured because of a covenant made between George Hudson, who controlled the N&B, and Hugh, 3rd Duke of Northumberland. The Duke owned substantial stretches of land that the railway would cross, and he insisted that Lucker, which served the coastal townships of Bamburgh and North Sunderland, should be a 'first-class station'...."

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    Disused Stations

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    Link: http://www.disused-stations.org.uk/l/lucker
    Resource type: Text/Website
    Added by: Peter Smith
    Last modified: 4 years, 10 months ago
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