Countess Park railway station

About 14 mi north-west of Hexham, the station was built by the North British Railway (NBR) as an interim terminus for the Border Counties Railway. It opened on 1 December 1859, when a special train was run from to mark the occasion, arriving at 11.38 a.m. The station was situated on the south side of an unclassified road between Heugh and High Countess Park, the NBR providing a temporary platform with a run-around loop. It closed entirely on 1 February 1861, when the line was extended northwards to and Reedsmouth station opened, about a mile from Countess Park. The run-around loop was retained for some years in connection with the transport of sandstone from the nearby Mill Knock Quarry.