Ewesley railway station

55°13′42″N 1°54′34″W / 55.2284°N 1.9094°W / 55.2284; -1.9094Grid referenceNZ059927Platforms1Other informationStatusDisusedHistoryOriginal companyNorthumberland Central RailwayPre-groupingNorth British RailwayPost-groupingLondon and North Eastern Railway
North Eastern Region of British RailwaysKey dates19 October 1870Station opened15 September 1952Station closed to passengers9 November 1963Station 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 Northumberland Central Railway 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 In September 1952 passenger services were withdrawn and the line closed in November 1963.^[2]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.

Preceding station		Disused railways		Following station
Longwitton Line and station closed		North British Railway Rothbury Branch		Fontburn Halt Line and station closed

v t e 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]}