Brinkburn was a weatherboard- and corrugated-iron-built railway station in

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on the Rothbury Branch built to serve the Healy Coate Colliery to which it was linked by a two-mile

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History

In 1859 Parliament authorised the Wansbeck Railway Company to build the line from to . In 1862 the line from to opened. The next year the Northumberland Central Railway were authorised to construct a line from to Ford on the Berwick to Kelso line. They also were permitted to build a short branch line to Cornhill. Due to financial difficulties the line was to be built in stages starting with the section from to which was started in August 1869 and completed by November 1870. The

North British Railway The North British Railway was a British railway company, based in Edinburgh, Scotland. It was established in 1844, with the intention of linking with English railways at Berwick. The line opened in 1846, and from the outset the company followe ...

and the branch line became part of the

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in 1923. In September 1952 passenger services were withdrawn and the line closed in November 1963. Constructed to serve a local colliery the station was poorly used, and was first downgraded to a halt, and then closed in 1963. All that survives of the station is the stationmaster's house.

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Brinkburn Station on Northumbrian RailwaysBrinkburn Station on Disused Stations
{{DEFAULTSORT:Brinkburn Railway Station Disused railway stations in Northumberland Former North British Railway stations Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1904 Railway stations in Great Britain closed in 1963 1904 establishments in England