Heritage railway stations · North East England
Plashetts railway station
In or near Falstone.
Plashetts railway station in England North East, United Kingdom.
Oliver Dixon — CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons licence
Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 1 h–2 h
- Free entry
About
Plashetts 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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Protected designations
- Site of Special Scientific Interest: Kielder Mires SSSI
Designations sourced from Natural England open data under OGL v3.
From the Wikipedia article
Plashetts railway station is a closed stone built railway station that served the mining hamlet of Plashetts, in Northumberland, England, which is now beneath the surface of Kielder Water.
Excerpt from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0. See the source article linked in Sources below.
Background
History
Plashetts railway station was on the Border Counties Railway which linked the Newcastle and Carlisle Railway, near Hexham, with the Border Union Railway at . The first section of the route was opened between Hexham and Chollerford in 1858, the remainder opening in stages until completion 1862. The line was closed to passengers by British Railways in 1956. The station had a single platform and a tall signal box. This was a fairly substantial station having a waggonway branch, which ran from here up Slater's incline, to the Plashetts and Far Colliery. To the north of the station were one or two houses and at the end of the waggonway a miners' village. The station is now submerged beneath…
Sourced from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Coordinates
- 55.2042, -2.5270
- District
- Northumberland
- Parish
- Falstone
- Postcode
- NE48 1QZ
- Parliamentary constituency
- Hexham
Sources
- wikidata: Q7201740 (CC0)
- wikipedia: Plashetts railway station (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Plashetts railway station?
- Plashetts railway station is in North-East England, United Kingdom (postcode NE48 1QZ), in the parish of Falstone.
- What is Plashetts railway station?
- Plashetts railway station in England North East, United Kingdom.
- How do I get to Plashetts railway station?
- Drivers can use postcode NE48 1QZ.
- Is Plashetts railway station a protected site?
- Yes — Plashetts railway station is part of the Kielder Mires SSSI Site of Special Scientific Interest.
- Is Plashetts railway station free to visit?
- Yes, Plashetts railway station is free to enter.
- How do I get to Plashetts railway station?
- Drivers can navigate to postcode NE48 1QZ. It sits within the Hexham parliamentary constituency.