Middleton North railway station

Middleton North
Station remains in 2006.
Location
Place	Middleton and Hartburn
Area	Wansbeck, Northumberland
Grid reference	NZ065852
Operations
Original company	Wansbeck Railway
Pre-grouping	Wansbeck Railway North British Railway
Post-grouping	London and North Eastern Railway North Eastern Region of British Railways
Platforms	1
History
23 July 1862	Station opened as Middleton
13 September 1952	Station closed to passengers
29 September 1966	Station closed to freight
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Middleton North railway station was a stone built railway station on the Wansbeck Railway between Morpeth and Reedsmouth that served the villages of Middleton and Hartburn.

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.^[1] 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.

Little remains of the station today.

References

External links

• Middleton North Station on Northumbrian Railways
• Middleton North on a navigable 1956 O. S. map
• The line on RailScot

Coordinates: 55°09′39″N 1°54′03″W / 55.1608°N 1.9009°W / 55.1608; -1.9009