Norham Station (Norham)
Norham Station. Photo by Harry Rowland.
House, offices, waiting room, platforms and lamps at Norham Station. Grade II listed buildings. c.1849 for York, Newcastle and Berwick Railway. (1)
1851 by Benjamin Green. Best surviving station on the Berwick to Kelso branch line. (2)
Norham Station on the North Eastern Railway line from Tweedmouth to Sprouston Junction. By Benjamin Green for the Newcastle and Berwick Railway. Tudor style station master's house with waiting room, office, telegraph office, porter's room and store. All Welsh slated and around two platforms.
Initially owned by the Newcastle and Berwick Railway, then the York, Newcastle and Berwick Railway from 9 August 1847, the North Eastern Railway from 1854, the London and North Eastern Railway from 1923 and British Railways from 1948. The branch from Tweedmouth to Kelso was opened as far as Sprouston on 27 July 1849 and reached Kelso on 1 June 1851. The line connected with the North British railway at Sprouston Junction. Closed to passengers 15 June 1964 and to goods 29 March 1965. (3)
Summary of the history and buildings of Norham Railway Station and railway line published, largely based on available on-line literature and supplemented by oral history. (4)
Norham Station was located on the down platform. A wooden waiting shelter and, after 1900, was located on the up platform side. There was also a goods shed. All the site has been preserved by a former station master, with the whole complex a museum of rail and non-rail ephemera, including signal box, lime depot, goods shed and signals. (5)
1851 by Benjamin Green. Best surviving station on the Berwick to Kelso branch line. (2)
Norham Station on the North Eastern Railway line from Tweedmouth to Sprouston Junction. By Benjamin Green for the Newcastle and Berwick Railway. Tudor style station master's house with waiting room, office, telegraph office, porter's room and store. All Welsh slated and around two platforms.
Initially owned by the Newcastle and Berwick Railway, then the York, Newcastle and Berwick Railway from 9 August 1847, the North Eastern Railway from 1854, the London and North Eastern Railway from 1923 and British Railways from 1948. The branch from Tweedmouth to Kelso was opened as far as Sprouston on 27 July 1849 and reached Kelso on 1 June 1851. The line connected with the North British railway at Sprouston Junction. Closed to passengers 15 June 1964 and to goods 29 March 1965. (3)
Summary of the history and buildings of Norham Railway Station and railway line published, largely based on available on-line literature and supplemented by oral history. (4)
Norham Station was located on the down platform. A wooden waiting shelter and, after 1900, was located on the up platform side. There was also a goods shed. All the site has been preserved by a former station master, with the whole complex a museum of rail and non-rail ephemera, including signal box, lime depot, goods shed and signals. (5)
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