Northumbrian Railways

Staward Halt

• NY 806597
• 10.75 miles
• 13/01/1868 Opened for goods as Staward
• 01/03/1869 Opens for passengers
• 22/09/1930 Passenger service withdrawn
• 01/04/1939 Renamed Staward Halt
• 20/11/1950 Closed

Class J21 0-6-0 No 65082 with the last branch freight at Staward on 17/11/1950. By this date the wooden waiting rooms had been converted to a cottage by British Railways.(E E Smith)

The last train viewed through the bridge. (E E Smith)

Staward Track Plan (not to scale)