Chathill railway station

Chathill
Chathill Railway Station - Station House
Location
Place	Chathill
Local authority	Northumberland
Operations
Station code	CHT
Managed by	Northern Rail
Number of platforms	2
Live arrivals/departures and station information from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage
2004/05 *	1,503
2005/06 *	2,279
2006/07 *	1,037
2007/08 *	1,847
2008/09 *	1,864
2009/10 *	2,612
National Rail - UK railway stations
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* Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Chathill from Office of Rail Regulation statistics. Please note: methodology may vary year on year.

Chathill railway station is a railway station that serves the village of Chathill in Northumberland, England, and the nearby villages of Seahouses, Embleton, Bamburgh and Belford.

Although located on the East Coast Main Line, the station is served by just two arrivals and departures, Mondays to Saturdays, providing commuting links to and from Newcastle upon Tyne. The services are operated by Northern Rail, which also manages the station. As Chathill is the northern terminus of these services and the Northern Rail network, there are no direct connections between Chathill and stations further north (the Diesel Multiple Unit used on these services runs empty northwards from here to Belford loop to reverse before returning to take up its southbound working).

Because of the limited service, an easement permits passengers wishing to travel northbound from Chathill or from the north to Chathill may double back via Alnmouth.

Between 1898 and 1951, Chathill was the southwestern terminus of the North Sunderland Railway. Independent until its takeover by the LNER in 1939, it formed a standard gauge rail link to the fishing village of Seahouses until its closure in 1951 (Wright, 1988).

Sources

• Wright, A., (1988), The North Sunderland Railway, The Oakwood Press, Locomotion Papers No. 36, ISBN 0-85361-335-4

External links

• Train times and station information for Chathill railway station from National Rail
• Northumbrian Railways - Chathill Station

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Alnmouth		Northern Rail East Coast Main Line Mondays-Saturdays only		Terminus
	Disused railways
Terminus		London and North Eastern Railway North Sunderland Railway		North Sunderland