Alnwick Old Station

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Alnwick Old Station

Image: © Stephen McKay Taken: 7 Apr 2015

When the North Eastern Railway decided in 1885 to replace their rather modest station at Alnwick they did so on a grand scale - the new building incorporating two roof arches. Such generous provision was unusual for what was only ever a country branch terminus (although there were at one time two lines that converged here), and it is believed that this owed much to the influence of the Duke of Northumberland whose seat at Alnwick Castle is nearby. The last train departed from here in January 1968 and since then Alnwick people have had to make their own way to Alnmouth to catch a train. Happily the station building survives largely intact and this end is used by an agricultural machinery dealer. See Image for a view a few years prior to closure.

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Image Location

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Latitude
55.409747
Longitude
-1.698314