Naworth railway station

Naworth
General information
Location	Naworth, City of Carlisle England
Coordinates	54°56′53″N 2°40′51″W
Grid reference	NY565617
Platforms	2
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Original company	Newcastle and Carlisle Railway
Pre-grouping	North Eastern Railway
Post-grouping	London and North Eastern Railway British Rail (Eastern Region)
Key dates
1 June 1871	Opened
5 May 1952	Closed
Location

Naworth is a former railway station, which served the hamlet of Naworth in Cumbria. The station served the Tyne Valley Line between 1871 and 1952.

History

The station opened in June 1871 by the Newcastle and Carlisle Railway. However, there are press references to a 'Naworth Gate' station as early as 1867, and it appears on the 1869 Ordnance Survey map so was evidently in operation earlier, possibly as a private station for Naworth Castle. It was closed to both passengers and goods traffic on 5 May 1952.

Accident

On 30th August 1926, an express passenger train from Newcastle to Carlisle, collided with a motor Charabanc, carrying sixteen passengers, two of them being children, which were permitted to cross by a new gate keeper. Seven including the children and the gate keeper were killed, one died shortly afterwards, three including the motor driver were seriously injured, and three received minor injuries or shock. The dead were laid to rest in the woods near to the level crossing, and are said to haunt the area with the screams of the children.

External links

• Media related to Naworth railway station at Wikimedia Commons

Preceding station	Historical railways			Following station
Low Row		North Eastern Railway Newcastle and Carlisle Railway		Brampton (Cumbria)