Lewiefield Halt railway station

Border Counties Railway
Border Counties Railway
Overview
Status	Closed
Locale	Roxburghshire, Scotland; Northumberland, England;
Service
Type	Heavy rail
History
Commenced	11 December 1855
Opened	2 April 1858
Completed	24 June 1862
Merged into	North British Railway - 1860
Merged into	London North Eastern Railway - 1923
Merged into	British Railways - 1948
Closed	1 September 1958; (except Reedsmouth–Bellingham, closed 11 November 1963);
Technical
Track gauge	4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm)
Route map
Route map
	Legend
	Scotland
	England

Lewiefield Halt
Lewiefield Halt
General information
Location	Lewie, Kielder, Northumberland; England
Coordinates	55°12′50″N 2°33′29″W / 55.214°N 2.558°W
Grid reference	NY646913
Platforms	1
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Post-grouping	London and North Eastern Railway
Key dates
3 July 1933	Station opened
15 October 1956	Station closed to passengers and freight

Lewiefield Halt was a wooden-built halt that served the hamlet of Lewie, and a Ministry of Labour training camp, in Northumberland, England.

History

The halt was on the Border Counties Railway which linked the Newcastle and Carlisle Railway, near Hexham, with the Border Union Railway at Riccarton Junction. The first section of the route was opened between Hexham and Chollerford in 1858, the remainder opening in 1862. The line was closed to passengers by British Railways in 1956. Part of the line is now beneath the surface of Kielder Water.

The halt was constructed primarily to serve a Ministry of Labour training camp built on Forestry Commission land nearby. The halt remained busy during the Second World War when the local camp was used to first house conscientious objectors, then refugees. After the war traffic to the halt was limited and it closed in 1956.^[1] Only an overgrown platform remains of the halt today.^[2]

Former services

Preceding station		Disused railways		Following station
Kielder		LNER Border Counties Railway		Plashetts

References

^ Quick, M. E. (2002). Railway passenger stations in England, Scotland and Wales – a chronology. Richmond: Railway and Canal Historical Society. p. 263. OCLC 931112387.
^ "Disused Stations: Lewiefield Halt".

External links

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[1] Quick, M. E. (2002). Railway passenger stations in England, Scotland and Wales – a chronology. Richmond: Railway and Canal Historical Society. p. 263. OCLC 931112387.

[2] "Disused Stations: Lewiefield Halt".

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v t e Closed railway stations in Northumberland
Kelso Branch	Velvet Hall Norham Twizell Coldstream Sunilaws
Cornhill Branch	Mindrum Kirknewton (Northumberland) Akeld Wooler Ilderton Wooperton Hedgeley Glanton Whittingham (Northumberland) Edlingham
York, Newcastle & Berwick Railway	Tweedmouth Scremerston Goswick Beal Smeafield Crag Mill Belford (Northumberland) Lucker Newham Christon Bank Little Mill Longhoughton Lesbury Alnwick Chevington Longhirst Stannington Plessey Dudley Colliery
Amble branch line	Amble Broomhill (Northumberland)
North Sunderland Railway	Seahouses North Sunderland
Border Counties Railway	Deadwater Kielder Lewiefield Halt Plashetts Falstone Thorneyburn Tarset Charlton (Northumberland) Bellingham (North Tyne) Reedsmouth Countess Park Wark Barrasford Chollerton Humshaugh Wall
Wansbeck Railway	Woodburn Knowesgate Scotsgap Middleton North Angerton Meldon
Northumberland Central Railway	Rothbury Brinkburn Fontburn Halt Ewesley Longwitton
Blyth & Tyne Railway	Hepscott Choppington North Seaton Ashington Newbiggin-by-the-Sea Bedlington Bebside Blyth Newsham Hartley The Avenue Dairy House Seaton Delaval Seghill
Ponteland Railway	Ponteland Darras Hall
Newcastle & Carlisle Railway	Gilsland Greenhead Fourstones Warden Mickley
Alston Line	Plenmeller Halt Featherstone Park Coanwood Lambley Slaggyford
Hexham and Allendale Railway	Elrington Halt Langley-on-Tyne Staward Halt Allendale
Scotswood, Newburn & Wylam Railway	North Wylam Heddon-on-the-Wall

Lewiefield Halt
General information
Location	Lewie, Kielder, Northumberland England
Coordinates	55°12′50″N 2°33′29″W / 55.214°N 2.558°W / 55.214; -2.558
Grid reference	NY646913
Platforms	1
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Post-grouping	London and North Eastern Railway
Key dates
3 July 1933	Station opened
15 October 1956	Station closed to passengers and freight