Parks · North East England
Featherstone Park railway station
Featherstone Park railway station in England North East, United Kingdom.

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Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 1 h–2 h
About
Featherstone Park 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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From the Wikipedia article
Featherstone Park was a railway station on the Alston Branch Line, which ran between Haltwhistle and Alston. The station, situated 3 miles (5 km) south-west of Haltwhistle, served the villages of Featherstone and Rowfoot in Northumberland. The station was opened by the Newcastle and Carlisle Railway on 19 July 1851. Originally known as Featherstone, it was later renamed Featherstone Park on 23 June 1902 by the North Eastern Railway. Between Haltwhistle and Featherstone Park, there were two unadvertised calling points, at Park Village and Plenmeller Halt. A platform was extant at Plenmeller Halt from the early 1920s until the late 1940s, however trains regularly stopped to allow passengers to board and alight long after the halt's official closure. No such facilities existed at Park Village.
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Background
History
The Newcastle and Carlisle Railway was formed in 1829, opening to passengers in stages from March 1835. A branch line from Haltwhistle to Alston and Nenthead was first considered in 1841, with the line authorised by an Act of Parliament in August 1846. It was later decided that a line operating as far as Alston was sufficient, with the amended route approved by a further Act in July 1849. In March 1851, the 4-mile section from Haltwhistle to Shaft Hill (which was later renamed Coanwood) was opened to goods traffic, with passenger services commencing in July 1851. The 8-mile section of the line between Alston and Lambley opened to goods traffic in January 1852, along with a short branch to…
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- Coordinates
- 54.9413, -2.4971
- Address
- | borough = Rowfoot, Northumberland
Sources
- wikidata: Q5439650 (CC0)
- wikipedia: Featherstone Park railway station (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Featherstone Park railway station?
- Featherstone Park railway station is in North East England, in the United Kingdom — coordinates 54.9413°, -2.4971°.