Ashington railway station

Ashington
Ashington Railway Station
General information
Location	Ashington, Northumberland England
Coordinates	55°10′55″N 1°34′23″W / 55.182°N 1.573°W / 55.182; -1.573
Owned by	National Rail (on reopening)
Managed by	Northern Trains (on reopening)
Platforms	1[a]
Tracks	1
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Original company	Blyth and Tyne Railway
Pre-grouping	North Eastern Railway
Post-grouping	London and North Eastern Railway British Rail (North Eastern Region)
Key dates
1 March 1872	Opened as Hirst (for Ashington)
1 October 1889	Renamed Ashington
2 November 1964	Closed
Autumn 2022	Construction work begins
December 2024	Proposed reopening
Location Ashington Location in Northumberland, England

Ashington, previously known as Hirst, is a railway station on the Northumberland Line which is due to reopen in December 2024.^[1] Trains will run between Newcastle and Ashington. The station will serve the town of Ashington in Northumberland, England.

Cite error: There are <ref group=lower-alpha> tags or {{efn}} templates on this page, but the references will not show without a {{reflist|group=lower-alpha}} template or {{notelist}} template (see the help page).