Where is Akeld railway station?

Akeld railway station is in North East England, in the United Kingdom — coordinates 55.5630°, -2.0710°.

Heritage railway stations · North East England

Akeld railway station

Akeld railway station in England North East, United Kingdom.

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Akeld railway station is a place of interest in England North East, United Kingdom — drawn from open-data sources for visitor reference. See the linked Wikipedia article for the full description.

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Akeld was a stone-built railway station that served the hamlet of Akeld, in Northumberland, England. It was a stop on the Cornhill Branch, which ran from Alnwick to Cornhill Junction on the Kelso line near Coldstream.

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History

Authorised in 1882, the Cornhill Branch was built to link the farming communities of north Northumberland with the market town of Alnwick and link the North Eastern Railway's Kelso line to its Alnwick branch. Construction started by the North Eastern Railway in 1884 and the line opened to freight between Cornhill and on 2 May 1887; the whole line for both freight and passengers opened on 5 September of the same year. The line had difficulty attracting passengers, as many of the stations were some distance from the communities they served. Increased bus competition in the 1920s led to passenger trains being withdrawn on 22 September 1930 although the service resumed briefly during the Second…

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