Whittingham railway station (Northumberland)

Whittingham
The remnants of the station in 2010
General information
Location	Whittingham, Northumberland England
Coordinates	55°24′10″N 1°51′41″W / 55.4028°N 1.8614°W / 55.4028; -1.8614
Grid reference	NU088121
Platforms	2
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Original company	North Eastern Railway
Post-grouping	LNER
Key dates
5 September 1887 (1887-09-05)	Opened
22 September 1930	Closed to passengers
2 March 1953 (1953-03-02)	Closed completely

Whittingham railway station served the village of Whittingham, Northumberland, England from 1887 to 1953 on the Cornhill Branch.

The station opened on 5 September 1887 by the North Eastern Railway.^[1] It was situated on the north side of an unnamed road and immediately west of the junction at the A697. The station had five sidings on the west side, one serving a goods shed, three serving a goods platform and the last one serving a coal drop and a weighbridge.^[2]

The station closed to passengers on 22 September 1930 and to goods traffic on 2 March 1953.^[1][3]

Despite there being no passenger service the station site was host to a LNER camping coach from 1935 to 1939 and may have had a coach visiting in 1934 and 1935. Camping coach residents were transported to and from the coach in a passenger carriage attached to parcels trains.^[1][4]

In 2009 the station was bought by a private individual, in order to transform it into his residence.^[5] The work of restoration was documented in the episode "Victorian Railway Station" of the television series The Restoration Man.^[6] By 2016 the restoration work is still going.^[7]

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