Station usage in Northumberland

This is a list of National Rail stations in the ceremonial county of Northumberland, England, with estimated usage figures gathered from data collected by the Office of Rail and Road (ORR). As of February 2023, there are 17 stations located along two lines in Northumberland, from which around 2.08 million passenger journeys were made from April 2021–March 2022.[1] Both lines (the north–south East Coast Main Line and the east–west Tyne Valley Line) run perpendicular to each other and meet at Newcastle, with some services going from one line to the other.

Within the historic county of Northumberland are two additional stations not within the ceremonial county: Newcastle and Manors, both in Newcastle upon Tyne in Tyne and Wear. Newcastle had 7,040,072 journeys for '21–'22 whilst Manors had 14,420. The Tyne and Wear Metro also serves the historic county, having 19 stations within Newcastle and another 17 in North Tyneside.

Another five railway stations are under construction to be opened in December 2023 with the Northumberland Line: Ashington, Bedlington, Blyth Bebside, Newsham, and Seaton Delaval. As well, in the historic county, the Northumberland Park Metro station in North Tyneside will be converted into a railway interchange.[2] Northern Trains will manage all of the new stations and be their exclusive operator.

There are also a number of heritage railway stations across the county, whose main purpose is tourism rather than transport. These are on the Aln Valley Railway, the Heatherslaw Light Railway, the South Tynedale Railway, and the Woodhorn Narrow Gauge Railway, as well as the North Tyneside Steam Railway in North Tyneside.

Railway station usage in Northumberland
Station Constituency Rank Managed by Operator(s) Line Journey(s)

2021-22

Journey(s)

2020-21

Journey(s)

2019-20

Journey(s)
2018–19 		Journey(s)
2017–18 		Journey(s)
2016–17 		Journey(s)
2015–16
Berwick-upon-Tweed Berwick-upon-Tweed 1 LNER LNER,
CrossCountry,
TPE 		ECML 589,666 142,290 602,484 571,130 568,326 539,778 528,998
Morpeth Wansbeck 2 Northern Northern,
CrossCountry,
LNER,
Lumo,
TPE 		ECML 402,772 82,468 506,574 474,998 418,410 382,280 357,154
Hexham Hexham 3 Northern Northern Tyne Valley 286,802 80,300 372,090 342,808 345,784 344,264 331,866
Alnmouth Berwick-upon-Tweed 4 Northern Northern (infrequent),
CrossCountry,
LNER,
TPE 		ECML 285,882 61,222 344,862 344,602 339,814 312,452 294,042
Prudhoe Hexham 5 Northern Northern Tyne Valley 114,066 32,754 159,668 140,394 147,230 155,336 154,218
Cramlington Blyth Valley 6 Northern Northern ECML 111,440 21,308 136,534 107,800 98,928 94,544 92,316
Wylam Hexham 7 Northern Northern Tyne Valley 75,666 22,616 107,854 97,642 104,306 107,964 105,572
Haltwhistle Hexham 8 Northern Northern Tyne Valley 68,360 21,922 81,244 70,458 69,966 71,738 69,618
Corbridge Hexham 9 Northern Northern Tyne Valley 46,692 10,364 62,552 54,384 54,170 53,972 52,676
Haydon Bridge Hexham 10 Northern Northern Tyne Valley 35,834 13,608 46,438 37,504 30,554 32,802 31,976
Stocksfield Hexham 11 Northern Northern Tyne Valley 33,298 9,508 59,352 59,380 56,676 59,770 53,654
Riding Mill Hexham 12 Northern Northern Tyne Valley 19,582 6,316 32,532 26,688 25,434 28,376 27,986
Bardon Mill Hexham 13 Northern Northern Tyne Valley 7,490 2,228 10,306 9,394 10,482 11,284 9,880
Widdrington Berwick-upon-Tweed 14 Northern Northern (infrequent) ECML 2,038 696 3,636 4,180 3,574 3,346 3,408
Pegswood Wansbeck 15 Northern Northern (infrequent) ECML 1,560 472 1,830 2,364 1,670 1,114 2,574
Chathill Berwick-upon-Tweed 16 Northern Northern (infrequent) ECML 1,492 892 2,840 2,546 2,162 2,768 2,574
Acklington Berwick-upon-Tweed 17 Northern Northern (infrequent) ECML 324 66 246 320 372 204 296

References

  1. ^ "Estimates of station usage". Office of Rail and Road. Retrieved 18 February 2023.
  2. ^ Holland, Daniel (28 June 2022). "Northumberland Line rail plans on track for 2023 opening after major approval". ChronicleLive. Retrieved 18 February 2023.

See also