| Railway |
1864-09-05 |
Hexham MP W. B. Beaumont offered to pay a third of the ?20,000 estimated cost of providing a railway between Allendale and Hexham. |
| Railway |
1864-11-07 |
A proposal to extend the Hexham to Allendale railway to Allenheads was unveiled. |
| Railway |
1865-07-12 |
Railway Timetable. |
| Railway |
1881-06-09 |
A box was placed at Chollerton station for the collection of letters up to 8.15 pm each day. There were no Sunday collections. |
| Railway |
1882-04-06 |
Waiting rooms and other conveniences were built at Lambley Station, making ?a comfortable state of affairs? for passengers. |
| Railway |
1882-05-18 |
The station master at Riccarton Junction on the Border Counties railway line was presented with a silver snuff box and pencil case in recognition of 23 years? service to the railways. |
| Railway |
1882-09-28 |
North Tyne and Redesdale Agricultural Society held its annual exhibition at Bellingham. Special excursion trains ran from Newcastle, Riccarton and Morpeth. |
| Railway |
1882-11-23 |
Improvements were ordered at the station master?s house at Featherstone, after a report concluded that the premises were inadequate. |
| Railway |
1888-06-21 |
Haydon Bridge station was hung with bunting to mark the 50th anniversary of the opening of the Tyne Valley line. |
| Railway |
1888-10-25 |
Following a petition, it was agreed to put extra trains on the Border Counties Railway service to and from Bellingham. |
| Railway |
1890-06-14 |
(HH) N.E.R. directors declined the offer of Lord Carlisle to hand over the Brampton ?dandy? line free of charge. |
| Railway |
1891-05-30 |
A train arrived at Woodburn station without the engine driver, Thomas Ellison. |
| Railway |
1892-09-24 |
The North British Railway gave ?240 in prizes for the Best Kept Station Competition. |
| Railway |
1892-09-24 |
A special train took the Duke of Northumberland and a shooting party from Morpeth to Kielder. |
| Railway |
1897-11-13 |
The new iron hall at Reedsmouth will be opened today byMr. Stewart of Carlisle. A special train will run from Reedsmouth to Scots Gap in the evening. |
| Railway |
1897-12-18 |
A railway accident near Tarset involved a goods and cattle train consisting of 45 wagons, 34 of which were filled with cattle, sheep and pigs. |
| Railway |
1906-12-29 |
The Tyne Valley railway line was blocked by snow west of Hexham. Trails could travel no further then Haltwhistle and Greenhead. |
| Railway |
1907-08-10 |
(HH) Renewal of the Lipwood, Ridley Hall and Allen viaducts by Sir William Arrol & Co. of Glasgow. |
| Railway |
1912-11-02 |
The Tyne Valley railway line was closed after the derailment of an express goods train at Blackett Colliery near Haltwhistle. |
| Railway |
1913-08-01 |
Opening of the branch line from Brampton Junction to Brampton Town on 31st July 1913 by Lady Cecilia Roberts, daughter of the Dowager Countess of Carlisle. |
