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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 in stages from 1862 to 1865 and a branch line to Rothbury was opened in 1870. The passenger train service on the line was ended in 1952, but continued to be used for freight until the line closed completely in 1966. Significant lenths of the track bed and some station buildings can still be seen today. Parts of the line now form part of a circular walking route.[1]
Stations on the 'Wannie Line' (east to west) were:
- Morpeth
- Meldon
- Angerton
- Middleton
- Scots Gap - connecting with the Rothbury Line
- Knowesgate
- Woodburn
- Broomhope Siding
- Ray Demense (a private halt for the Parsons Estate)
- Reedsmouth (junction with the Border Counties Railway)
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Meldon Railway Station
- The former railway station in Meldon was on the Wansbeck Railway, which ran between Reedsmouth and Morpeth. The line closed in 1966.
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Disused railway bridge over the River Wansbeck, Low Angerton, Northumberland
Pinned by Simon Cotterill
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System map of the Wansbeck Railway and the Northumberland Central Railway, England
- Image by Afterbrunel, 2015, c/o Wikimedia Commons, available for reuse under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International license.
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Morpeth Station
- Overview Map Street View The railway station in Morpeth was originally buit in 1847 by John Green for the York, Newcastle and Berwick Railway. The platform canopies were added in …
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Broomhope Siding
- On the Wansbeck Railway (aka 'Wannie Line'), connecting with the Broomhope Valley branch line.
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Wannie Line walk
- "This circular walk takes you onto both the Wannie and Rothbury railway lines as they cross Wallington estate. Trains once steamed along these routes carrying stone, lime, coal and livestock, …
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Simon Cotterill
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Meldon Railway Station
- The former railway station in Meldon was on the Wansbeck Railway, which ran between Reedsmouth and Morpeth. The line closed in 1966.
from Geograph (geograph)
Disused railway bridge over the River Wansbeck, Low Angerton, Northumberland
Pinned by Simon Cotterill
from https://commons.wikimedia.org…
System map of the Wansbeck Railway and the Northumberland Central Railway, England
- Image by Afterbrunel, 2015, c/o Wikimedia Commons, available for reuse under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International license.
Added by
Simon Cotterill
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Morpeth Station
- Overview Map Street View The railway station in Morpeth was originally buit in 1847 by John Green for the York, Newcastle and Berwick Railway. The platform canopies were added in …
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Broomhope Siding
- On the Wansbeck Railway (aka 'Wannie Line'), connecting with the Broomhope Valley branch line.
from https://www.nationaltrust.org…
Wannie Line walk
- "This circular walk takes you onto both the Wannie and Rothbury railway lines as they cross Wallington estate. Trains once steamed along these routes carrying stone, lime, coal and livestock, …
Added by
Simon Cotterill
