Alston railway station

Alston
Alston
	265px 1973 view from south
Location
Place	Alston
Area	Eden
Operations
Original company	Newcastle and Carlisle Railway
Pre-grouping	North Eastern Railway
Post-grouping	London and North Eastern Railway
Platforms	1
History
17 November 1852	Station opens
3 May 1976	Station closes
30 July 1983	Station opens as narrow gauge terminus
Disused railway stations in the United Kingdom
	Closed railway stations in Britain; A B C D–F G H–J K–L M–O P–R S T–V W–Z
	UK Railways portal

Alston railway station once served the town of Alston, Cumbria, England. The station was the terminus of the Alston Line which ran from the junction at Haltwhistle on the Newcastle and Carlisle Railway.

It is now the terminus of the narrow gauge South Tynedale Railway, a heritage line, in Northern England.

History

Opened by the Newcastle and Carlisle Railway, it was taken over firstly by the North Eastern Railway and later became part of the London and North Eastern Railway during the Grouping of 1923, passing on to the Eastern Region of British Railways during the nationalisation of 1948. It was closed by the British Railways Board in 1976.

The station is now both the main terminus and headquarters of the Tourist Narrow Gauge South Tynedale Railway.[1]

Preceding station	Heritage railways		Following station
Kirkhaugh		South Tynedale Railway	Terminus
	Disused railways
Slaggyford		North Eastern Railway Alston Line	Terminus

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