Alston railway station


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

The station was opened on 21 May 1852 by the Newcastle and Carlisle Railway. The line 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 hosted a camping coach in 1933 and from 1936 to 1939.

The site today

The station is now both the main terminus and headquarters of the Narrow Gauge South Tynedale Railway who added a second platform and metal canopy in 2017.