Alston railway station

Alston railway station once served the town of Alston, Cumbria, England. The station was the terminus of the Alston Line which ran from the junction at Haltwhistle on the Newcastle and Carlisle Railway.It is now the terminus of the narrow gauge South Tynedale Railway, a heritage line, in Northern England.HistoryOpened by the Newcastle and Carlisle Railway, it was taken over firstly by the North Eastern Railway and later became part of the London and North Eastern Railway during the Grouping of 1923, passing on to the Eastern Region of British Railways during the nationalisation of 1948. It was closed by the British Railways Board in 1976.The site todayThe station is now both the main terminus and headquarters of the Tourist Narrow Gauge South Tynedale Railway. A second platform and metal canopy were added in 2017.