Countess Park railway station

Countess Park
Countess Park
General information
Location	Bellingham, Northumberland; England
Coordinates	55°07′06″N 2°12′12″W / 55.1182°N 2.2032°W
Grid reference	NY871804
Platforms	1
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Original company	North British Railway
Pre-grouping	North British Railway
Key dates
1 December 1859	Opened
1 February 1861	Closed

Countess Park railway station served the village of Bellingham, Northumberland, England from 1859 to 1861, during the construction of the Border Counties Railway.

History

About 14 miles (23 km) 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 Newcastle to mark the occasion, arriving at 11.38 a.m.^[1]^[2] 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 Thorneyburn and Reedsmouth station opened, about a mile from Countess Park.^[3]^[4] The run-around loop was retained for some years in connection with the transport of sandstone from the nearby Mill Knock Quarry.^[5]

Timetable

The July 1860 edition of Bradshaw's Guide shows that from Monday to Saturday, four trains ran from Hexham to Countess Park, with three in the reverse direction. On Sunday services only ran between Hexham and Wark.^[6]

References

^ "The Border Counties Section of the Old North British, Now L.N.E.R.". London & North Eastern Railway Magazine. Vol. 30, no. 1. 1940. p. 20.
^ "Border Counties". The Times. No. 23481. 5 December 1859. p. 7.
^ Young, Alan (2017). "Countess Park". Disused Stations. Retrieved 26 August 2017.
^ Quick, Michael (2022). Railway Passenger Stations in England, Scotland and Wales: A Chronology (PDF) (Fifth ed.). London: Railway and Canal Historical Society. p. 144. Version 5.04.
^ Perkins, Roy G.; MacIntosh, Iain (2014). Border Counties Railway Through Time. Stroud: Amberley Publishing. p. 5. ISBN 9781445613970 – via Internet Archive.
^ Bradshaw, George (July 1860). "Bradshaw's General Railway and Steam Navigation Guide for Great Britain and Ireland". No. 324. p. 137 – via Google Books. {{cite magazine}}: Cite magazine requires |magazine= (help)

External links

Preceding station		Disused railways		Following station
Reedsmouth Line and station closed		North British Railway Border Counties Railway		Wark Line and station closed

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[1] "The Border Counties Section of the Old North British, Now L.N.E.R.". London & North Eastern Railway Magazine. Vol. 30, no. 1. 1940. p. 20.

[2] "Border Counties". The Times. No. 23481. 5 December 1859. p. 7.

[CountessParkStationInfo-3] Young, Alan (2017). "Countess Park". Disused Stations. Retrieved 26 August 2017.

[4] Quick, Michael (2022). Railway Passenger Stations in England, Scotland and Wales: A Chronology (PDF) (Fifth ed.). London: Railway and Canal Historical Society. p. 144. Version 5.04.

[5] Perkins, Roy G.; MacIntosh, Iain (2014). Border Counties Railway Through Time. Stroud: Amberley Publishing. p. 5. ISBN 9781445613970 – via Internet Archive.

[6] Bradshaw, George (July 1860). "Bradshaw's General Railway and Steam Navigation Guide for Great Britain and Ireland". No. 324. p. 137 – via Google Books. {{cite magazine}}: Cite magazine requires |magazine= (help)

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