Woodhorn railway station

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General information
Location	Northumberland
Owned by	Network Rail (assumed)
Managed by	Northern (assumed)
Platforms	1
Other information
Status	future
Key dates
2021	Proposed opening

Woodhorn is a proposed railway station on the Ashington, Blyth & Tyne Railway which closed to passenger traffic in 1964. It has been proposed that the newly reopened line could terminate at a new station, close to the Woodhorn Colliery Museum and Northumberland Archives, rather than at Ashington, the previous station.

Development

Northumberland County Council is currently developing plans aimed at restoring passenger services along the remaining freight-only section of the former Blyth and Tyne Railway between Benton Junction and Woodhorn. In June 2013 NCC announced that they had commissioned Network Rail to complete a GRIP 1 study to examine the best options for the scheme. The GRIP 1 study was received by NCC in March 2014 and in June 2015 they initiated a more detailed GRIP 2 Feasibility Study at a cost of £850,000.

The GRIP 2 study, which NCC received in October 2016, confirmed that the reintroduction of a frequent seven-day a week passenger service between Newcastle and Ashington was feasible and could provide economic benefits of £70 million with more than 380,000 people using the line each year by 2034. The study suggested a new station should be built as a terminus of the newly reopened line. If funding for the £191 million scheme can be raised, it has been suggested that detailed design work could begin in October 2018 with construction commencing four months later and the first passenger services introduced in 2021.

After receiving the GRIP 2 study, NCC announced that they were preceding with a GRIP 3 Study from Network Rail.

External links

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
	Proposed service
Terminus		Northern Ashington, Blyth and Tyne line		Ashington