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South Tynedale Railway
Polish locomotive Nakło at Kirkhaugh Station
Terminus
  • Slaggyford
  • Alston
Coordinates54°50′24″N 2°28′26″W / 54.840°N 2.474°W / 54.840; -2.474
Commercial operations
NameSouth Tynedale Railway
Original gauge4 ft 8+12 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge
Preserved operations
Stations4
Length5 miles (8.0 km)
Preserved gauge2 ft (610 mm)
Commercial history
Closed3 May 1976
Preservation history
3 May 1976Former branch line to Alston closed.
1977STR Preservation Society turns attention to reconstruction of branch, to narrow gauge
30 July 1983South Tynedale Railway opens to the Public, for the very first time.
1986STR reaches Gilderdale
1996Gilderdale-Kirkhaugh extension completed
4 September 1999STR extends to Kirkhaugh,
Gilderdale station closed after 13 years
2009STR latest extension granted
1 April 2012STR returns to Lintley Halt
11 June 2018STR extends to Slaggyford
South Tynedale Railway
(including the former Alston Line)
Legend
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Alston
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Alston Railway Bridge
over River South Tyne
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Gilderdale
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Gilderdale Burn
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Kirkhaugh
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Lintley Halt
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Lintley Viaduct
over Thornhope Burn
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Slaggyford
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Knar Burn
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Burnstones Viaduct
over Thinhope Burn
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Lambley
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Brampton Railway
to collieries and Brampton Town
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Lambley Viaduct
over River South Tyne
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Coanwood Colliery
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Coanwood
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Featherstone Park
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Plenmeller Halt
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Alston Arches Viaduct
over River South Tyne
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Tyne Valley Line
to Newcastle
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Haltwhistle
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Tyne Valley Line
to Carlisle
The South Tynedale Railway operates
between Slaggyford and Alston.


The South Tynedale Railway is a preserved, 2 ft (610 mm) narrow gauge heritage railway in Northern England and at 875ft is England's second highest narrow gauge railway after the Lynton and Barnstaple Railway in north Devon. The South Tynedale line runs from Alston in Cumbria, down the South Tyne Valley, via Gilderdale, Kirkhaugh and Lintley, then across the South Tyne, Gilderdale and Whitley Viaducts to Slaggyford in Northumberland.

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