Mindrum railway station
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History
Authorised in 1882, the Cornhill Branch was built to link the farming communities of north Northumberland with the market town of Alnwick and link the North Eastern Railway's Kelso line to its Alnwick Branch. Construction started by the North Eastern Railway in 1884; the line opened to freight between Cornhill and Wooperton on 2 May 1887 and the whole line for both freight and passengers on 5 September of the same year.
The line had difficulty attracting passengers as many of the stations were some distance from the communities they served. Increased bus competition in the 1920s led to passenger trains being withdrawn on 22 September 1930[1] although the service resumed briefly during the Second World War to serve RAF Milfield near Akeld.[2]
After a severe storm in 1949 washed away a bridge north of Ilderton station, British Railways, which had recently taken over the line, decided that the volume of traffic along the line did not warrant replacing it. The line was thus split into two: Alnwick to Ilderton and Coldstream to Wooler, which included Akeld. This, coupled with an infrequent service, caused the line to go further into decline and the section from Alnwick to Ilderton closed on 2 March 1953; the other section and Mindrum station following suit on 29 March 1965.
Services
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The site today
The stone-built station building is now a private residence.[3]
References
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External links
- Mindrum station on Northumbrian Railways website
- Mindrum station on Disused Stations website
- Mindrum station on a navigable 1947 O. S. map
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