Lewiefield Halt railway station

Lewiefield Halt was a wooden-built halt that served the hamlet of Lewie, and a Ministry of Labour training camp, in Northumberland, England.

Lewiefield Halt
General information
LocationLewie, Kielder, Northumberland
England
Coordinates55°12′50″N 2°33′29″W / 55.214°N 2.558°W / 55.214; -2.558
Grid referenceNY646913
Platforms1
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Post-groupingLondon and North Eastern Railway
Key dates
3 July 1933Station opened
15 October 1956Station closed to passengers and freight
Border Counties Railway
Overview
StatusClosed
Locale
Service
TypeHeavy rail
History
Commenced11 December 1855
Opened2 April 1858 (1858-04-02)
Completed24 June 1862
Merged intoNorth British Railway - 1860
Merged intoLondon North Eastern Railway - 1923
Merged intoBritish Railways - 1948
Closed
Technical
Track gauge4 ft 8+12 in (1,435 mm)
Route map

Riccarton Junction
Saughtree
Scotland
England
Deadwater
Kielder
Lewiefield Halt
Plashetts
Plashetts Colliery Waggonway
portion of line flooded by Kielder Water
Falstone
Thorneyburn
Tarset
Charlton
Bellingham
Reedsmouth
Countess Park
(1859–1861)
Wark
Barrasford
Chollerton
Chollerford
(later Humshaugh)
Wall
Border Counties Junction
Hexham

History

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The halt was on the Border Counties Railway which linked the Newcastle and Carlisle Railway, near Hexham, with the Border Union Railway at Riccarton Junction. The first section of the route was opened between Hexham and Chollerford in 1858, the remainder opening in 1862. The line was closed to passengers by British Railways in 1956. Part of the line is now beneath the surface of Kielder Water.

The halt was constructed primarily to serve a Ministry of Labour training camp built on Forestry Commission land nearby. The halt remained busy during the Second World War when the local camp was used to first house conscientious objectors, then refugees. After the war traffic to the halt was limited and it closed in 1956.[1] Only an overgrown platform remains of the halt today.[2]

Former services
Preceding station   Disused railways   Following station
Kielder   LNER
Border Counties Railway
  Plashetts

References

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  1. ^ Quick, M. E. (2002). Railway passenger stations in England, Scotland and Wales – a chronology. Richmond: Railway and Canal Historical Society. p. 263. OCLC 931112387.
  2. ^ "Disused Stations: Lewiefield Halt".
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