Exploring railway heritage at Haltwhistle

The signal box will be open to visitors from 10am to 4pm, find out about the role of signallers and what all the levers do. In the Old Booking Hall, you will be able to learn about some of our Railway 200 projects including "A Song for Edmondson" and "Rocket, Past, Present and Future". These involved schoolchildren from Hallbankgate Village School and Lanercost CoE Primary School and GCSE students from Brampton's William Howard School learning about railway heritage associated with the Brampton area, learning new skills whilst writing lyrics to new songs about local links to Stephenson's Rocket, the Edmondson ticket and why the Brampton station is 1.8 miles from the town.

Visitors will be also able to visit the former 1861 water tower which has many original features. The building has been transformed into a cafe, which will be open during the event.

There'll be other displays and activities; you can learn how railways standardised time and if the sun is shining you'll be able to tell the time using the human sundial.

As a result of engineering work on the East Coast mainline, some LNER services will be diverted along the Tyne Valley Railway giving visitors to Haltwhistle an opportunity to do some train spotting.

Enjoy a walk by the River South Tyne to see the spectacular Alston Arches, crossed by trains on the Alston Branch

Timings

Saturday 19 September:

10am to 4pm

Location & directions

Railway Station, Haltwhistle, Northumberland, NE49 9HN

Directions:

Two trains an hour in each direction call at Haltwhistle (from Newcastle and from Carlisle) Bus stops for the AD122, 685 and other bus services are within a 5 minute walk Free car parking is available close to the railway station

Contact on day:

Anne Ridley

Telephone number:

+447941952092

Booking information

Pre-booking requirement:

Pre-booking not required

Accessibility details

Access to the signal box is via steep steps and will not be suitable for people with mobility issues. Network Rail have placed an age restriction for access to the signal box - children under the age of 7 years are not allowed to visit the signal box Space is limited within the signal box and the number of visitors at any one time will be limited so there may be a short wait. The Water Tower café is dog friendly

Additional information

The event takes place at the railway station and visitors should take care when on the platforms

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