Fontburn Halt | |
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General information | |
Location | Coquetdale, Northumberland England |
Coordinates | 55°14′35″N 1°55′21″W / 55.2430°N 1.9224°W |
Grid reference | NZ051942 |
Platforms | 1 |
Other information | |
Status | Disused |
History | |
Original company | Northumberland Central Railway |
Pre-grouping | North British Railway |
Post-grouping | London and North Eastern Railway North Eastern Region of British Railways |
Key dates | |
1 June 1904 | Station opened |
15 September 1952 | Station closed to passengers |
3 October 1956 | Station closed to freight |
Fontburn Halt was a weatherboard and corrugated-iron-built railway station in Northumberland, England, on the Rothbury Branch, built to serve the pre-existing Whitehouse lime works[1] and later the Whitehouse Colliery, and quarries.