Haydon Bridge railway station

Haydon Bridge railway station is a railway station which serves the village of Haydon Bridge in Northumberland, England. It is located on the Tyne Valley Line which runs from Newcastle upon Tyne to Carlisle, and is managed by Northern who provide all passenger train services. The station is sited 30mi west of Newcastle and 31+3/4mi east of Carlisle.HistoryThe Newcastle and Carlisle Railway was formed in 1829, and was opened in stages. The section of that line between and Haydon Bridge was opened on 28 June 1836; the terminus station at Haydon Bridge was temporary, and was replaced by a permanent station on 18 June 1838, when the line was extended to. The next station to the east of Haydon Bridge was, which closed in 1967. The station became an unstaffed halt the same year, though the main station building is still intact and used as a private house.The station's distinctive manually operated wooden level crossing gates (as seen in the accompanying photograph) have been replaced by modern lifting barriers in January 2009, although they remain under the control of the adjacent NER signal box.FacilitiesThere are no ticket facilities at the station, so all tickets need to be purchased in advance or on the train. There are shelters on each platform, with that on the southern (eastbound) side the more substantial. Train running information can be obtained from timetable posters or by telephone; there is a payphone on platform 2. Step-free access is available to both platforms via the level crossing.