The line through the station site was opened in September 1849 by the York, Newcastle, and Berwick Railway Company (YN&BR) to carry coal from the local collieries to Amble's Warkworth Harbour, the station itself was opened on 2 June 1879 by which time the YN&BR had become part of the North Eastern Railway.[3][4]
The station was located in a shallow cutting on the east side of what is now Station Road, opposite the Broomhill Hotel (now The Trap Inn), there was one platform on the north side of a single track, immediately to the east of the station was a passing loop which itself had a small goods yard and shed to its north, the yard was equipped with a 1½ ton crane.[5][6] To the south of the station were extensive sidings serving Broomhill Colliery and its associated brickworks and gas works.[6]
In the winter of 1912/1913 the station had four weekday services in each direction with an extra three or four services on Saturdays, there were no services on Sundays.[1]
The passenger service closed on 7 July 1930, with the last train two days before on 5 July,[4] and the goods service closed 34 years later on 4 May 1964 although by this time it had been reduced to a public delivery siding.[7] The station had 27,746 passengers in 1911.[1]
Clinker, C.R. (October 1978). Clinker's Register of Closed Passenger Stations and Goods Depots in England, Scotland and Wales 1830–1977. Bristol: Avon-Anglia Publications & Services. p. 20. ISBN0-905466-19-5. OCLC5726624.
The Railway Clearing House (1970) [1904]. The Railway Clearing House Handbook of Railway Stations 1904 (1970 D&C Reprint ed.). Newton Abbot: David & Charles Reprints. ISBN0-7153-5120-6.
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