Featherstone Park railway station

Featherstone Park
General information
Location	Rowfoot, Northumberland England
Coordinates	54°56′29″N 2°29′50″W / 54.9413°N 2.4971°W / 54.9413; -2.4971
Grid reference	NY682608
Platforms	1
Tracks	1
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Original company	Newcastle and Carlisle Railway
Pre-grouping	North Eastern Railway
Post-grouping	London and North Eastern Railway British Rail (Eastern Region)
Key dates
19 July 1851	Opened as Featherstone
23 January 1902	Renamed Featherstone Park
3 May 1976	Closed
Location Featherstone Park Location in Northumberland, England

Featherstone Park was a railway station on the Alston Branch Line, which ran between Haltwhistle and Alston. The station, situated 3 miles (5 km) south-west of Haltwhistle, served the villages of Featherstone and Rowfoot in Northumberland.

The station was opened by the Newcastle and Carlisle Railway on 19 July 1851. Originally known as Featherstone, it was later renamed Featherstone Park on 23 June 1902 by the North Eastern Railway.^[1]

Between Haltwhistle and Featherstone Park, there were two unadvertised calling points, at Park Village and Plenmeller Halt. A platform was extant at Plenmeller Halt from the early 1920s until the late 1940s, however trains regularly stopped to allow passengers to board and alight long after the halt's official closure. No such facilities existed at Park Village.^[2]