| Railway |
1962-05-11 |
A new cutting would soon be opened next to the Farnley tunnel shortening travel times on the Tyne Valley line. Compare 12/08/1960 with picture. |
| Railway |
1963-06-28 |
To avoid the ?Beeching axe? it was proposed that some stops on the Tyne Valley line could be turned into unmanned stations. |
| Railway |
1963-10-18 |
Bellingham and Redesmouth are two of the freight depots and public delivery sidings to be closed by B.R. on Monday, 11th November. |
| Railway |
1963-11-01 |
The last rail link into Bellingham is scheduled to close from Monday 11th November and the line is to be taken up. Compare 15/11/1963 for bridges at Charlton and Kielder and 06/12/1963 for Bellingham Council not being informed. |
| Railway |
1963-11-15 |
The last rail link at Bellingham closed on Monday 11th November. The Wansbeck Wanderer was the last train on Saturday 9th November. Compare 06/12/1963. |
| Railway |
1964-07-03 |
The Alston branch was to get cheap rail fares on Saturdays as an experiment. |
| Railway |
1965-06-25 |
Humshaugh station becomes the home of Mr. James Fewster. |
| Railway |
1996-01-01 |
(1996 Date unspecified) The North British railway line between West Woodburn and Morpeth closed and Fourstones station on the Newcastle-Carlisle line was closed. |
| Railway |
1967-05-12 |
The Alston railway line was to stay ?until there is a good road.? |
| Railway |
1970-07-21 |
Local stations on the Tyne Valley line are not to re-open. |
| Railway |
1973-01-26 |
The Alston railway line was to be axed. Compare 02/02/1973. |
| Railway |
1973-11-27 |
Warden and Newbrough parish councils joined forces in calling for the former Fourstones railway station to be re-opened as an unmanned halt. |
| Railway |
1981-02-13 |
The Tyne Valley Line ?could close inside five years.? |
| Railway |
1981-03-27 |
The track of the old Haltwhistle-Alston line between Featherstone Park and Gilderdale was to become a country walk. (cf. 03/04/1981) |
| Railway |
1983-01-18 |
British Rail announced it was cutting back services on the Tyne Valley Line. Eight trains were being removed from the route and other services rescheduled to respond to a declining number of passengers. |
| Railway |
1983-03-28 |
A voluntary group, pledged to maintain and improve train services between Newcastle and Carlisle, was formed in Hexham after concerns about the Tyne Valley line. |
| Railway |
1983-05-09 |
British Rail gave a vote of confidence in the Tyne Valley Line, promising to speed up services between Hexham and Newcastle. |
| Railway |
1983-10-31 |
Plans were drawn up by British Rail to downgrade a 25-mile stretch of the Newcastle-Carlisle line to single track, prompting concern about the viability of the line. |
| Railway |
1983-11-04 |
The Tyne Valley rail line may be partly singled. |
| Railway |
1984-05-22 |
Following the opening of a new station at Dunston, British Rail warned that journey times between Hexham and Newcastle would increase to 42 minutes. |
