Riding Mill railway station

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General information
Location	Northumberland
Managed by	Northern
Platforms	2
Other information
Station code	RDM

Riding Mill railway station is a railway station which serves the village of Riding Mill in Northumberland, England. It is located on the Tyne Valley Line, which runs from Newcastle upon Tyne to Carlisle, 15 miles 35 chains (24.8 km) from Newcastle Central.

The station is owned by Network Rail and managed by Northern, which provides all passenger train services. The Newcastle to Carlisle railway runs through the village and its station, which was opened in 1835 and is one of the oldest railway stations in the world.

Facilities

The station has been unstaffed since 1967 and has no ticket machine (though Northern does plan to install one), so all tickets must be purchased prior to travel or on board the train. There are basic shelters provided on each platform, along with timetable poster boards and a telephone on platform 2 to offer train running information. The main buildings still survive here and are in private residential use. The platforms are linked by a pre-grouping metal footbridge similar to ones seen elsewhere on the line (e.g. at Wetheral and Haltwhistle) - this is the only means of accessing the westbound platform from the station entrance. As such, step-free access is only possible on the eastbound side.

Services

Northern Trains Route 4
Tyne Valley line
Carlisle Wetheral Brampton Haltwhistle Bardon Mill Haydon Bridge Hexham Corbridge Riding Mill Stocksfield Prudhoe Wylam Blaydon MetroCentre Dunston Newcastle
Most services extend to/from Morpeth or Nunthorpe.

The station has an hourly service to both Newcastle and Hexham on weekdays and Saturdays, with some evening trains continuing on to Carlisle. Many daytime eastbound trains continue to Sunderland and Middlesbrough. There is also an hourly service each way on Sundays, with all trains running through to Carlisle.

A landslip west of the station (caused by heavy rain and a broken drainage pipe) in early January 2016 led to the temporary suspension of services whilst repairs to the track and adjacent cutting were carried out. A replacement bus service ran between Hexham and Prudhoe until the work was completed. The line reopened on 8 February 2016, following the removal of over 35 000 tonnes of earth from the site.

External links

• Train times and station information for Riding Mill railway station from National Rail

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Stocksfield		Northern Tyne Valley Line		Corbridge