Widdrington railway station
Widdrington is a railway station on the East Coast Main Line, which runs between London King's Cross and Edinburgh Waverley. The station serves the villages of Widdrington Station and Stobswood in Northumberland. It is owned by Network Rail and managed by Northern Trains.
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| Location | Widdrington Station and Stobswood, Northumberland England |
| Coordinates | 55°14′28″N 1°36′58″W |
| Grid reference | NZ244941 |
| Owned by | Network Rail |
| Managed by | Northern Trains |
| Platforms | 2 |
| Tracks | 2 |
| Other information | |
| Station code | WDD |
| Classification | DfT category F2 |
| History | |
| Original company | York, Newcastle and Berwick Railway |
| Pre-grouping | North Eastern Railway |
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| Key dates | |
| 1 July 1847 | Opened |
| Passengers | |
| 2015/16 |  3,408 |
| 2016/17 | 3,346 |
| 2017/18 |  3,574 |
| 2018/19 | 4,180 |
| 2019/20 | 3,636 |
| Location | |
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| Notes | |
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road | |
In the current (December 2016) timetable the only trains calling at Widdrington are one northbound and two southbound local services on Mondays to Saturdays only by Northern, which also manages the station. This has been the default frequency since British Rail's Provincial Sector reduced the service level on the local route in 1991 due to a rolling stock shortage.
Local rail users group SENRUG has been campaigning since September 2016 to improve local services here and at neighbouring Pegswood in order to serve a planned £50 million sports and leisure park development due to be built on an old open-cast mining site near to Widdrington village.[1]
Facilities
The station is unstaffed and has only basic amenities - waiting shelters and timetable poster boards on both platforms, along with a public telephone on platform 1. Tickets must be purchased prior to travel or on the train. The old station buildings survive, but are now privately occupied. Step-free access is available to both platforms via the level crossing at the north end of the station.[2]
Services
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As noted above, there are only three departures a day on weekdays and Saturdays, with no Sunday service. The solitary northbound train runs to Alnmouth and Chathill, whilst the two southbound trains run to Newcastle Central and then onto the Tyne Valley Line.[3] The morning departure terminates at Prudhoe, whilst the evening service runs through to Carlisle.
References
- North of Morpeth local services Archived 14 January 2021 at the Wayback Machine SENRUG website news article; Retrieved 9 February 2017
- Widdrington station facilities Archived 6 April 2019 at the Wayback Machine National Rail Enquiries; Retrieved 9 February 2017
- Table 48 National Rail timetable, December 2016
External links
Media related to Widdrington railway station at Wikimedia Commons- Train times and station information for Widdrington railway station from National Rail
| Preceding station | National Rail |
Following station | ||
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| Pegswood | Northern Trains East Coast Main Line |
Acklington | ||
| Historical railways | ||||
| Longhirst | North Eastern Railway York, Newcastle and Berwick Railway |
Chevington | ||