Where is Warkworth Station?

Warkworth Station is in North East England, in the United Kingdom — coordinates 55.3538°, -1.6336°.

Heritage railway stations · North East England

Warkworth Station

Warkworth Station in England North East, United Kingdom.

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Typical visit: 1 h–2 h

Warkworth 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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Warkworth railway station served the village of Warkworth, Northumberland, England, from 1847 to 1962 on the East Coast Main Line.

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History

The station was opened on 1 July 1847 by the York, Newcastle and Berwick Railway. Benjamin Green was the station's architect. It was situated north of the Station Road level crossing near Houndean Mill, between Warkworth and the hamlet of Eastfield. Two sidings served the coal depot south of the up passenger platform while the goods shed was to the north, also on the up side. Two sidings south of the down side passenger platform served the cattle dock. Warkworth was one of the stations to remain open from 1941 to 1946. In 1951, only 1,023 tickets were sold in the year, an average of three a day. Warkworth eventually closed to passengers on 15 September 1958 and closed totally after goods…

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