Amble railway station

Amble railway station served the town of Amble, in Northumberland, England. It was the terminus of the Amble branch line, which diverged from the East Coast Main Line at Chevington.

History Opened by the North Eastern Railway in 1849, it became part of the London and North Eastern Railway during the Grouping of 1923.

The station closed to passengers in 1930, but the goods and coal service then passed on to the North Eastern Region of British Railways on nationalisation in 1948. It was finally closed in 1969 by the British Railways Board.

The site today The station was demolished and the site is now an area of public park behind the houses on the south side of George Street.

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External links Railscot: the York, Newcastle and Berwick Railway, with photos of the line Station on navigable O.S. map