Ewesley railway station

Ewesley
Platform remains in 2006.
Location	Fontburn, Northumberland England
Coordinates	55°13′42″N 1°54′34″W / 55.2284°N 1.9094°W / 55.2284; -1.9094Coordinates: 55°13′42″N 1°54′34″W / 55.2284°N 1.9094°W / 55.2284; -1.9094
Grid reference	NZ059927
Platforms	1
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Original company
Pre-grouping	North British Railway
Post-grouping	London and North Eastern Railway North Eastern Region of British Railways
Key dates
19 October 1870	Station opened
15 September 1952	Station closed to passengers
9 November 1963	Station closed to freight as Ewesley Halt

Ewesley station was a weather board and corrugated iron built railway station in Northumberland on the Rothbury Branch built to serve the local farming settlements.

History[]

In 1859 Parliament authorised the Wansbeck Railway Company to build the line from Morpeth to Reedsmouth. In 1862 the line from Morpeth to Scotsgap opened.

The next year the were authorised to construct a line from Scotsgap to Ford on the Berwick to Kelso line. They also were permitted to build a short branch line to Cornhill. Due to financial difficulties the line was to be built in stages^[1] starting with the section from Scotsgap to Rothbury which was started in August 1869 and completed by November 1870. The North British Railway and the branch line became part of the London and North Eastern Railway in 1923. In September 1952 passenger services were withdrawn and the line closed in November 1963.^[2]

One of the original stations on the branch line Ewesley was constructed in the centre of a circular prehistoric camp.^[3] Later in 1894 the only passing loop on the otherwise single track line was constructed at Ewesley. At closure the station had been renamed Ewesley Halt. Although in a bad state of repair the platform remains intact, the station building has been demolished.

v t Rothbury Branch
Overview Locale Northumberland Dates of operation 1870–1963 Successor North British Railway Technical Track gauge 4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) Length 13 miles (21 km)
Legend
Rothbury Brinkburn Fontburn Halt Fontburn Viaduct Ewesley Longwitton Scotsgap Wansbeck Railway to Reedsmouth │ to Morpeth

References[]

External links[]

• Ewesley station on Northumbrian Railways
• Ewesley station on Disused Stations
• Ewesley on a navigable 1956 O. S. map
• The line on RailScot^{[permanent dead link]}