Fontburn Halt railway station

55°14′35″N 1°55′21″W / 55.2430°N 1.9224°W / 55.2430; -1.9224Grid referenceNZ051942Platforms1Other informationStatusDisusedHistoryOriginal companyNorthumberland Central RailwayPre-groupingNorth British RailwayPost-groupingLondon and North Eastern Railway
North Eastern Region of British RailwaysKey dates1 June 1904Station opened15 September 1952Station closed to passengers3 October 1956Station closed to freight

Fontburn Halt was a weatherboard and corrugated-iron-built railway station in Northumberland, England, on the Rothbury Branch, built to serve the pre-existing Whitehouse lime works^[1] and later the Whitehouse Colliery, and quarries.

History

In 1859 Parliament authorised the Wansbeck Railway Company to build the line from Morpeth to Reedsmouth. In 1862 the line from Morpeth to Scotsgap opened.

The next year the Northumberland Central Railway were authorised to construct a line from Scotsgap to Ford on the Berwick to Kelso line. They were also permitted to build a short branch line to Cornhill. Due to financial difficulties the line was to be built in stages^[2] starting with the section from Scotsgap to Rothbury which was started in August 1869 and completed by November 1870. The North British Railway and the branch line became part of the London and North Eastern Railway in 1923. In September 1952 passenger services were withdrawn and the line closed in November 1963.^[3]

Constructed to serve Whitehouse lime works, the station later had a number of sidings serving various other local industries including the construction of the nearby Fontburn reservoir.^[4]

Preceding station		Disused railways		Following station
Ewesley Line and station closed		North British Railway Rothbury Branch		Brinkburn Line and station closed

v t e Rothbury Branch
Overview Locale Northumberland Dates of operation 1870–1963 Successor North British Railway Technical Track gauge 4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) Length 13 miles (21 km)
Legend
Rothbury Brinkburn Fontburn Halt Fontburn Viaduct Ewesley Longwitton Scotsgap Wansbeck Railway to Reedsmouth │ to Morpeth

References

External links

• Fontburn Halt on Northumbrian Railways^{[permanent dead link]}
• Fontburn Halt on Disused Stations
• Fontburn Halt on a navigable 1956 OS map
• The line on RailScot^{[permanent dead link]}