Belford railway station (England)

Belford
Northbound station building in July 2014
General information
Location	Belford, Northumberland England
Coordinates	55°35′47″N 1°48′09″W / 55.596317°N 1.802411°W / 55.596317; -1.802411
Grid reference	NU125336
Platforms	2
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Original company	Newcastle & Berwick Railway
Pre-grouping	North Eastern Railway
Post-grouping	London & North Eastern Railway Eastern Region of British Railways
Key dates
29 March 1847	Opened
29 January 1968	Closed

Belford railway station is a disused station situated on the East Coast Main Line between the current Chathill and Berwick-upon-Tweed stations serving the village of Belford. It opened on 29 March 1847, closing on 29 January 1968. Today only the northbound station building remains.^[1]

After a 2010 plan to rebuild the station did not proceed, in 2015, Berwick Town Council allocated £100,000 to investigate reopening the station.^[2][3] The local rail user group SENRUG has been campaigning since September 2016 to have local services on the Newcastle - Berwick - Edinburgh corridor increased with regular local commuter services extended northwards from Morpeth to Berwick-upon-Tweed and Edinburgh. As part of this campaign they have proposed that the former station at Belford should be reopened so as to improve public transport access to the Northumberland Coast and St Cuthbert's Way.^[4]

In March 2020, a bid was made to the Restoring Your Railway fund to get funds for a feasibility study into reinstating the station. This bid was unsuccessful.^[5]

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This page was last edited on 26 February 2024, at 20:04