Alnmouth railway station

Alnmouth
GNER train enters the station from the north
Location
Place	Alnmouth
Local authority	Northumberland
Coordinates	55.392°N 1.636°W / 55.392; -1.636
Operations
Station code	ALM
Managed by	Northern Rail
Number of platforms	2
Live arrivals/departures and station information from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage
2004/05 *	0.135 million
2005/06 *	0.165 million
2006/07 *	0.172 million
2007/08 *	0.182 million
2008/09 *	0.197 million
2009/10 *	0.192 million
History
Original company	Newcastle and Berwick Railway
Pre-grouping	North Eastern Railway
Post-grouping	LNER
1 July 1847	Station opens as Bilton
2 May 1892	Station renamed Alnmouth
23 May 2003	Station renamed Alnmouth for Alnwick
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* Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Alnmouth from Office of Rail Regulation statistics. Please note: methodology may vary year on year.

Alnmouth for Alnwick (previously known as Alnmouth railway station) is a station on the East Coast Main Line about one mile from Alnmouth in Hipsburn, Northumberland, northern England. It is 10–15 minutes by road to the town of Alnwick.

History

The station was opened on 1 July 1847 as Bilton by the Newcastle and Berwick Railway and was then run by the North Eastern Railway. On 1 October 1850 it became the junction for the Alnwick branch line. On 2 May 1892 the station's name was changed to Alnmouth.

It became part of the London and North Eastern Railway during the Grouping of 1923. The station then passed on to the Eastern Region of British Railways on nationalisation in 1948.

Alnmouth has served as the principal station for the town of Alnwick since the closure of the Alnwick branch line in January 1968, with the name changing to Alnmouth for Alnwick on 23 May 2003. It will also serve as the eastern terminus of the Aln Valley Railway moving forward.^{[citation needed]}

When Sectorisation was introduced, the station was served by the Intercity Sector until the Privatisation of British Railways.

Services

Alnmouth station is managed by Northern Rail, even though the majority of its services are provided by other operators.

The majority of services are provided by CrossCountry trains running between Newcastle and Edinburgh. East Coast services calling here were reduced in the may 2011 timetable change so that they are less frequent.

Occasional Northern Rail local services operating to and from Chathill also call here - currently these consist of two morning and two evening train in each direction (except Sundays).

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Morpeth		CrossCountry Cross Country Network		Berwick-upon-Tweed
Morpeth		East Coast East Coast Main Line		Edinburgh Waverley
Acklington		Northern Rail East Coast Main Line Mondays-Saturdays only		Chathill
	Historical railways
Longhoughton Line open; Station closed		North Eastern Railway Newcastle and Berwick Railway		Warkworth Line open; Station closed
Terminus		North Eastern Railway Alnwick branch line		Alnwick Line and Station closed

References

Sources

• Body, G. (1989). PSL Field Guides - Railways of the Eastern Region Volume 2: Northern operating area (1st ed.). Wellingborough: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 1-8526-0072-1. OCLC 59892452. 

• Butt, R. V. J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations: details every public and private passenger station, halt, platform and stopping place, past and present (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 1-8526-0508-1. OCLC 60251199. 
• Jowett, Alan (2000). Jowett's Nationalised Railway Atlas (1st ed.). Penryn, Cornwall: Atlantic Transport Publishers. ISBN 0-9068-9999-0. OCLC 228266687. 
• Jowett, Alan (March 1989). Jowett's Railway Atlas of Great Britain and Ireland: From Pre-Grouping to the Present Day (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 1-8526-0086-1. OCLC 22311137. 
• Station on navigable O.S. map
• RAILSCOT on Newcastle and Berwick Railway
• Northumbrian Branch Line Railways
• Buses from the station
• Buses to the station