Gilsland railway station

Gilsland
General information
Location	Gilsland, Northumberland England
Coordinates	54°59′26″N 2°34′12″W
Grid reference	NY636663
Platforms	2
Tracks	2
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 1836	Opened as Rose Hill
1 May 1869	Renamed Gilsland
5 April 1965	Closed to goods
2 January 1967	Closed to passengers
Location

Gilsland railway station was a railway station on the Newcastle and Carlisle Railway, on the Carlisle to Hexham section.^[1] It was situated near the centre of the village of Gilsland.

History

The line became part of the North Eastern Railway on 17 July 1862, then, at grouping in 1923, it became part of the London and North Eastern Railway.^[2]

The station was originally opened on 19 July 1836 when it was known as Rose Hill.^[3][4] It was later renamed Gilsland on 1 May 1869.

After having been proposed for closure in the Beeching report, the station was closed to passengers on 2 January 1967.^[5][6][4] Goods facilities were withdrawn on 5 April 1965.^[7]

Proposed reopening

The potential for the station's reopening was assessed in 2001 and in 2005 in the Tyne Valley Route Strategy. Both studies found that there was a case for reopening, although potential demand was assessed only in relation to the local population and not with regard to possible visitors to Hadrian's Wall.^[8]

In May 2013, it was reported that the Tyne Valley Rail Users Group had asked JMP Consultants to assess the potential for the reopening of the station to provide access to Hadrian's Wall.^[8][9][10] The report was published in August 2013 and concluded that there is an economic case for reopening the station if spending by additional visitors to the area is taken into account.

In March 2020, a bid was made to the Restoring Your Railway fund to get funds for a feasibility study into reinstating the station. This bid was unsuccessful.^[11]

References

1. Conolly 2004, p. 27, section B1.
2. Awdry 1990, pp. 150, 153.
3. Butt 1995, p. 199.
4. Quick 2009, p. 184.
5. Beeching 1963, p. 113.
6. Butt 1995, pp. 102, 199.
7. Clinker 1988, p. 52.
8. Nigel Harris, ed. (17–30 April 2013). "Study begins into 'Hadrian's station'". RAIL (720): 11.
9. Tulip, Joseph (22 March 2013). "Gilsland: Station could be on track to reopen". News and Star. Archived from the original on 12 May 2014. Retrieved 23 January 2013.
10. JMP Consultants (20 March 2013). "A new rail station at Gilsland for Hadrian's Wall?". Archived from the original on 12 May 2014. Retrieved 26 May 2013.
11. Restoring Your Railway Fund: bids received gov.uk

Sources

• Awdry, Christopher (1990). Encyclopaedia of British Railway Companies. Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 1-8526-0049-7. OCLC 19514063. CN 8983.
• Beeching, Richard (1963). "The Reshaping of British Railways" (PDF). HMSO.
• Butt, R. V. J. (October 1995). The Directory of Railway Stations: details every public and private passenger station, halt, platform and stopping place, past and present (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 978-1-85260-508-7. OCLC 60251199. OL 11956311M.
• Clinker, C. R. (1988) [1978]. Clinker's Register of Closed Passenger Stations and Goods Depots in England, Scotland and Wales 1830–1980 (2nd ed.). Bristol: Avon-Anglia Publications & Services. ISBN 978-0-905466-91-0. OCLC 655703233.
• Conolly, W. Philip (2004) [1958]. British Railways Pre-Grouping Atlas and Gazetteer. Hersham, Surrey: Ian Allan. ISBN 978-0-7110-0320-0.
• Quick, Michael (2009) [2001]. Railway passenger stations in Great Britain: a chronology (4th ed.). Oxford: Railway & Canal Historical Society. ISBN 978-0-901461-57-5. OCLC 612226077.

External links

• Media related to Gilsland railway station at Wikimedia Commons

Preceding station	Historical railways			Following station
Greenhead		North Eastern Railway Newcastle and Carlisle Railway		Low Row