Broomhill Railway Station
Broomhill Station, looking north towards Amble (unknown date)
General information
Location	England
Coordinates	55°18′17″N 1°36′49″W / 55.30465°N 1.61356°W / 55.30465; -1.61356
Grid reference	NU246012
Platforms	1
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Original company	North Eastern Railway
Pre-grouping	North Eastern Railway
Post-grouping	London and North Eastern Railway
Key dates
September 1849 (1849-09)	Line opened
2 June 1879 (1879-06-02)	Station opened
7 July 1930 (1930-07-07)	Passenger service closed
4 May 1964 (1964-05-04)	Goods service closed
Passengers
27,746 (1911) [1]

Remains of Broomhill Railway Station in 1965, a year after the goods service closed, and the complete closure of the station.

Broomhill railway station served the village of Broomhill in Northumberland, England, a former pit village. The station was on a short branch line of about 5 miles (8 km) which linked the town of Amble with the East Coast Main Line near to Chevington.^[2]

The line through the station site was opened in September 1849 by the York, Newcastle, and Berwick Railway Company (YN&BR) to carry coal from the local collieries to Amble's Warkworth Harbour, the station itself was opened on 2 June 1879 by which time the YN&BR had become part of the North Eastern Railway.^[3][4]

The station was located in a shallow cutting on the east side of what is now Station Road, opposite the Broomhill Hotel (now The Trap Inn), there was one platform on the north side of a single track, immediately to the east of the station was a passing loop which itself had a small goods yard and shed to its north, the yard was equipped with a 1½ ton crane.^[5][6] To the south of the station were extensive sidings serving Broomhill Colliery and its associated brickworks and gas works.^[6]

In the winter of 1912/1913 the station had four weekday services in each direction with an extra three or four services on Saturdays, there were no services on Sundays.^[1]

The passenger service closed on 7 July 1930, with the last train two days before on 5 July,^[4] and the goods service closed 34 years later on 4 May 1964 although by this time it had been reduced to a public delivery siding.^[7] The station had 27,746 passengers in 1911.^[1]

References

Bibliography

• Clinker, C.R. (October 1978). Clinker's Register of Closed Passenger Stations and Goods Depots in England, Scotland and Wales 1830–1977. Bristol: Avon-Anglia Publications & Services. p. 20. ISBN 0-905466-19-5. OCLC 5726624.
• Quick, Michael (2022) [2001]. Railway passenger stations in Great Britain: a chronology (PDF). version 5.04. Railway & Canal Historical Society. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 November 2022.
• The Railway Clearing House (1970) [1904]. The Railway Clearing House Handbook of Railway Stations 1904 (1970 D&C Reprint ed.). Newton Abbot: David & Charles Reprints. ISBN 0-7153-5120-6.
• Westlake, Ray (2012). The Territorials, 1908–1914: A Guide for Military and Family Historians. Pen & Sword Books. ISBN 9781844686568.

Further reading

• Hoole, K. (1978). North Eastern Branch Lines Since 1925.
• Rippon, Bartle (2007). The Amble Branch. Kestrel Railway Books. ISBN 978-1905505050.