Seahouses railway station

{{Infobox station

| name = Seahouses

| status = Disused

| image = Seahouses station, remains 1957 (geograph 5323663).jpg

| caption = Seahouses station, remains 1957.

| borough = Seahouses, Northumberland

| country = England

| grid_name = Grid reference

| grid_position = {{gbmapscaled|NU218320|25|NU218320}}

| platforms = 1

| original = North Sunderland Railway

| postgroup = London and North Eastern Railway
British Railways

| years = 1 August 1898

| events = Station opened for freight

| years1 = 14 December 1898

| events1 = Station opened for passengers

| years2 = 27 October 1951

| events2 = Station closed

}}

Seahouses railway station was the brick and wood built eastern terminus of the single track branch of the North Sunderland Railway, in north east England. The line connected village and port of Seahouses to the railway network via a junction at Chathill.

History

Authorised in 1892 the North Sunderland Railway was built privately to serve the newly constructed harbour at Seahouses.{{cite web | url=http://www.northumbrian-railways.co.uk/index.php?page=north-sunderland-railway | title=Northumbrian-railways.co.uk }} Construction started in 1896, and the line opened in 1898 for freight on 1 August, and passengers on 18 December. The line was rarely profitable and thus the proposed station at Fleetham, and the extension to Bamburgh were never constructed. The line was taken over by the LNER in 1939, and the line closed on 27 October 1951 and officially wound up in April 1952.{{cite web | url=http://www.lner.info/co/NSR/index.shtml | title=LNER Encyclopedia: North Sunderland Railway }}

The construction of the station provided a link to the fishing port and for day trips along the coast and to the Farne Islands.

The station was demolished and the site is now the village car park.

References

External links

[http://www.northumbrian-railways.co.uk/index.php?page=seahouses Seahouses Station on Northumbrian Railways]
[http://communities.northumberland.gov.uk/Seahouses_C14.htm Seahouses Station on various OS Maps]
[http://www.npemap.org.uk/tiles/map.html#421,631,1 Seahouses Station on a navigable 1947 O. S. map]

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Category:Disused railway stations in Northumberland

Category:Former North Sunderland Railway stations

Category:Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1898

Category:Railway stations in Great Britain closed in 1951