Edlingham
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Description
"A station was built at the tiny village of Edlingham. With typical optimism railway planners anticipated villagers from as far away as Longframlington and Rothbury would regularly travel seven miles to catch a train. They would then return by train to Edlingham laden with strawberries from the market, before walking the remaining 7 or 8 miles home. The station was sited at the bottom of a long loop built to avoid the Duke of Northumberland's estate and comprised a single platform with a single storey stone building on the down side of the line. There was a small goods yard, also on the down side to the west of the station, this comprised two sidings, one serving a cattle dock and the second serving a small goods shed....." -
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Further information
Link: http://www.disused-stations.org.uk/e/edlingham/
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Added by: Simon Cotterill
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