Northumbrian Railways

Alnwick

• NU 192129
• 05/08/1850 Opened for goods.
• 19/08/1850 Opened to passengers.
• 1885 Rebuilding of Alnwick Station authorised by NER.
• 1887 New station completed and the Coldstream Branch opens.
• 29/01/1968 Passenger service withdrawn.
• 07/10/1968 Goods service ends, station closed.

Ordnance Survey Maps of Alnwick

Station entrance viewed from the northwest. (unknown)

1887 photograph of platform 1 in the newly opened station looking east.

A much later view of the station interior from the east end. Platform 1 is to the left and platform 2 to the right. The wooden refreshment room added about 1898 is in the centre. (Unknown)

Class K1 2-6-0 No. 62011 awaiting departure from Platform 2. (E E Smith)

DMU recently arrived from Newcastle at platform 2, April 1963. (Unknown)

A 1960's view of the east end of the trainshed. (Unknown)

General view of the station from the east. New station is to the right, in the centre is the old station platform which was used mainly for livestock, and the goods yard is to the left. (Unknown)

Class K1 2-6-0 No 62050 approaching platform 1 with the imposing signal box and road over bridge behind. (Unknown)

Viewed from the road overbridge looking east No 64711 arrives from Alnmouth. The tracks diverging to the right are the Alnwick & Cornhill Branch (Unknown)

Looking west toward the station from the turntable. The track to the left for Cornhill has been lifted by this time. (Unknown)

More photograph of Alnwick taken in 1967/8 can be found at Ernies Photos