Aln Valley Railway Society

Holywell

  • NZ 305724
  • 28/08/1841 Opened for passengers.
  • 1860 Renamed Backworth for passenger traffic but still known as Holywell for goods service.
  • 1864 Passenger service withdrawn on opening of Backworth on the coast line.
  • 1965 Goods service withdrawn and closed.
  • 2009 A short length of platform survives.
The remains of the platform at Holywell near Backworth Level Crossing. (M R Johnson 2009)

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