Fontburn Halt railway station
Fontburn Halt | |||||
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Station building in 2006. | |||||
| 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 | North British 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 | ||||
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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 and later the Whitehouse Colliery, and quarries.