Haydon Bridge is a railway station on the Tyne Valley Line, which runs between and via . The station, situated west of Newcastle, serves the village of

Haydon Bridge Haydon Bridge is a village in Northumberland, England, with a population of about 2000, the civil parish Haydon being measured at 2,184 in the Census 2011. Its most distinctive features are the two bridges crossing the River Tyne, River South T ...

Northumberland Northumberland () is a county in Northern England, one of two counties in England which border with Scotland. Notable landmarks in the county include Alnwick Castle, Bamburgh Castle, Hadrian's Wall and Hexham Abbey. It is bordered by land on ...

, England. It is owned by

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and managed by

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History

The

Newcastle and Carlisle Railway The Newcastle & Carlisle Railway (N&CR) was an English railway company formed in 1825 that built a line from Newcastle upon Tyne on Britain's east coast, to Carlisle, on the west coast. The railway began operating mineral trains in 1834 between ...

was formed in 1829, and was opened in stages. The station opened as a terminus in June 1836, following the opening of the line between and Haydon Bridge. In June 1838, the line was extended to Greenhead. The nearby station at

Fourstones Fourstones is a village in Northumberland, England. The village lies on the north bank of the River South Tyne about west of Hexham. Landmarks Newbrough and Fourstones are on the Stanegate Roman road, built in AD 71, which run ...

closed in January 1967. In the same year, the station became an unstaffed halt, along with most of the other stations on the line that escaped the

Beeching Axe The Beeching cuts (also Beeching Axe) was a plan to increase the efficiency of the nationalised railway system in Great Britain. The plan was outlined in two reports: ''The Reshaping of British Railways'' (1963) and ''The Development of the ...

. The original station building remains as a private residence. The station's distinctive manually operated wooden

level crossing A level crossing is an intersection where a railway line crosses a road, Trail, path, or (in rare situations) airport runway, at the same level, as opposed to the railway line crossing over or under using an Overpass#Railway, overpass ...

gates were replaced by automated lifting barriers in January 2009, although they remain under the control of the adjacent North Eastern Railway signal box.

Facilities

The station has two platforms, both of which have a ticket machine (which accepts card or

contactless payment Contactless payment systems are credit cards and debit cards, key fobs, smart cards, or other devices, including smartphones and other mobile devices, that use radio-frequency identification (RFID) or near-field communication (NFC, e.g. Samsun ...

only), seating, waiting shelter, next train audio and visual displays and an emergency help point. There is step-free access to both platforms by level crossing. There is a small car park at the station. Haydon Bridge is part of the Northern Trains

penalty fare A penalty fare, standard fare, or fixed penalty notice is a special, usually higher, fare charged because a passenger using public transport did not comply with the normal ticket purchasing rules. It should not be confused with an unpaid fares n ...

network, meaning that a valid ticket or promise to pay notice is required prior to boarding the train.

Services

Since the December 2021 timetable change, there is an hourly service (with some two-hourly gaps on Sunday) between

Newcastle Newcastle usually refers to: *Newcastle upon Tyne, a city and metropolitan borough in Tyne and Wear, England *Newcastle-under-Lyme, a town in Staffordshire, England *Newcastle, New South Wales, a metropolitan area in Australia, named after Newcastle ...

and

Carlisle Carlisle ( , ; from xcb, Caer Luel) is a city that lies within the Northern England, Northern English county of Cumbria, south of the Anglo-Scottish border, Scottish border at the confluence of the rivers River Eden, Cumbria, Eden, River C ...

via . Most services extend to or via . All services are operated by

. Rolling stock used: Class 156 ''Super Sprinter'' and Class 158 ''Express Sprinter''

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{{Railway stations served by Northern Trains Railway stations in Northumberland DfT Category F2 stations Former North Eastern Railway (UK) stations Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1836 1836 establishments in the United Kingdom Northern franchise railway stations