Longwitton railway station
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Longwitton station was a weather board and corrugated iron built railway station in Northumberland
on the Rothbury Branch
built as a private halt for the Trevelyan Estate.
The next year the Northumberland Central Railway were authorised to construct a line from 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 starting with the section from to 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 In September 1952 passenger services were withdrawn and the line closed in November 1963.
The station was opened as Rothley a private station serving the local Trevelyan Estate but became public when the line was absorbed into the North British Railway. Renamed Longwitton in April 1875 the station served a limestone quarry and colliery until the 1920's. On 3 July 1875 a major accident occurred on the line just south of leading to the deaths of three people.
Northumberland
Northumberland is the northernmost ceremonial county and a unitary district in North East England. For Eurostat purposes Northumberland is a NUTS 3 region and is one of three boroughs or unitary districts that comprise the "Northumberland and Tyne and Wear" NUTS 2 region...
on the Rothbury Branch
Rothbury Branch
The Rothbury Branch was a single track railway line in Northumberland, England, that ran from to on the Border Counties Railway via the stations of , , , and .-History:In 1859 Parliament authorised the Wansbeck Railway Company to build the line from to...
built as a private halt for the Trevelyan Estate.
History
In 1859 Parliament authorised the Wansbeck Railway Company to build the line from to . In 1862 the line from to opened.The next year the Northumberland Central Railway were authorised to construct a line from 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 starting with the section from to which was started in August 1869 and completed by November 1870. The North British Railway
North British Railway
The North British Railway was a Scottish railway company that was absorbed into the London and North Eastern Railway at the Grouping in 1923.-History:...
and the branch line became part of the London and North Eastern Railway
London and North Eastern Railway
The London and North Eastern Railway was the second-largest of the "Big Four" railway companies created by the Railways Act 1921 in Britain...
in 1923. In September 1952 passenger services were withdrawn and the line closed in November 1963.
The station was opened as Rothley a private station serving the local Trevelyan Estate but became public when the line was absorbed into the North British Railway. Renamed Longwitton in April 1875 the station served a limestone quarry and colliery until the 1920's. On 3 July 1875 a major accident occurred on the line just south of leading to the deaths of three people.