Haltwhistle railway station is a railway station which serves the town of Haltwhistle in Northumberland, England. It is located on the Tyne Valley Line 23mi east of Carlisle. The station is managed by Northern.ServicesThere is a basic hourly service in each direction, eastbound to Newcastle and westbound to Carlisle. From Monday to Saturday, three westbound services continue beyond Carlisle to Glasgow Central Station, via Kilmarnock. Until December 2009, two of these services went to Stranraer Harbour.Alston branch lineThe station was also formerly the terminus of the Alston to Haltwhistle Railway, a branch line of the Newcastle to Carlisle. Originally built to access the mines around Alston, this line never fulfilled its economic potential and it was closed in 1976 following the completion of an improved road between the two towns. The track was lifted the following year after a preservation attempt by the South Tynedale Railway Preservation Society proved unsuccessful. The society did eventually succeed in buying part of the line and built the South Tynedale Railway, a narrow-gauge heritage railway running from Alston, along the former trackbed as far as Lintley Halt and to Slaggyford by Easter 2017.
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- City:
- Haltwhistle
- Category:
- Landmark & Historical Place