Redesmouth was a junction with the Wansbeck Railway, which ran east to Morpeth. The yard at Redesmouth remained open after the closure of the Border Counties line to freight as the Wansbeck route was used to run from Redesmouth to Bellingham. To the north side of the route to Riccarton there was a locomotive shed used to stable historic locomotives during the war to save them from bombing raids. There were two platforms on the Riccarton route and one platform on the Wansbeck route. The substantial station building still stands and both it and the signal box are now private houses.[2] The station building was unusual as, originally, it had a 60,000 gallon water tank on top of it, where the pitched roof is now.
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^"Disused Stations: Reedsmouth Station". www.disused-stations.org.uk. Retrieved 31 August 2018.
^"Border Counties Railway at Railscot". Retrieved 9 January 2009.
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redesmouth, village, northumberland, england, just, over, mile, south, east, bellingham, location, within, northumberlandos, grid, referenceny865822unitary, authoritynorthumberlandceremonial, countynorthumberlandregionnorth, eastcountryenglandsovereign, stateu. Redesmouth is a village in Northumberland England just over 1 mile 1 6 km to the south east of Bellingham RedesmouthRedesmouthLocation within NorthumberlandOS grid referenceNY865822Unitary authorityNorthumberlandCeremonial countyNorthumberlandRegionNorth EastCountryEnglandSovereign stateUnited KingdomPost townHEXHAMPostcode districtNE48Dialling code01434PoliceNorthumbriaFireNorthumberlandAmbulanceNorth EastUK ParliamentHexhamList of places UK England Northumberland 55 08 02 N 2 12 43 W 55 134 N 2 212 W 55 134 2 212 Contents 1 Governance 2 Transport 3 References 4 External linksGovernance editRedesmouth is in the parliamentary constituency of Hexham Transport editRedesmouth old spelling Reedsmouth was served by Reedsmouth railway station on the Border Counties Railway which linked the Newcastle and Carlisle Railway near Hexham with the Border Union Railway at Riccarton Junction 1 The first section of the route was opened between Hexham and Chollerford in 1858 the remainder opening in 1862 Awdry Christopher 1990 Encyclopaedia of British Railway Companies Sparkford Patrick Stephens Ltd ISBN 1 8526 0049 7 OCLC 19514063 CN 8983 The line was closed to passengers by British Railways in 1956 Part of the line is now beneath the surface of Kielder Water Redesmouth was a junction with the Wansbeck Railway which ran east to Morpeth The yard at Redesmouth remained open after the closure of the Border Counties line to freight as the Wansbeck route was used to run from Redesmouth to Bellingham To the north side of the route to Riccarton there was a locomotive shed used to stable historic locomotives during the war to save them from bombing raids There were two platforms on the Riccarton route and one platform on the Wansbeck route The substantial station building still stands and both it and the signal box are now private houses 2 The station building was unusual as originally it had a 60 000 gallon water tank on top of it where the pitched roof is now References edit Disused Stations Reedsmouth Station www disused stations org uk Retrieved 31 August 2018 Border Counties Railway at Railscot Retrieved 9 January 2009 External links edit nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to Redesmouth nbsp This Northumberland location article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Redesmouth amp oldid 1070324546, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
