2008

NU0812 : Whittingham Station

taken 18 years ago, near to Thrunton, Northumberland, England

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Whittingham Station
Whittingham Station
This picture shows the station as it was in 2008: a Google search reveals that it was sold in 2009 to a chap who is planning to restore it (and the other surviving railway buildings on the site) sympathetically as a home. While this is undoubtedly A Good Thing, I'm glad I saw the place when it looked like this. I only wish I'd been a bit bolder and gone inside for a poke around.
Anyway, when I took this the station had been closed to passengers for 78 years. Amazingly, most of the fixtures and fittings seem to have survived all that time, including the ornate cast iron canopy. The station was on the LNER's Alnwick - Cornhill branch, which opened in 1887 and closed completely in 1953. This station was until recently the only unrestored station remaining on the line.
There's lots more information at the very wonderful Disused Stations website, to be found at LinkExternal link

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Geographical Context: Railways Derelict, Disused Place: Whittingham other tags: Former Railway Goods Shed Railway Remains Former Railway Station House Former Railway Station Building Click a tag, to view other nearby images.
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NU0812, 33 images   (more nearby 🔍)
Photographer
John Winder   (more nearby)
Date Taken
Thursday, 28 August, 2008   (more nearby)
Submitted
Thursday, 19 June, 2014
Subject Location
OSGB36: geotagged! NU 0895 1212 [10m precision]
WGS84: 55:24.1764N 1:51.6134W
Camera Location
OSGB36: geotagged! NU 0896 1207
View Direction
North-northwest (about 337 degrees)
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