Closed Stations Journey quiz

[Calthrop]

Re the above -- clearly, I'm all at sea -- here, one of the many parts of the system on which I'm not too clever.

 

[Whistler40145]

Monks Moors Halt

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Note that both Saltcoats Crossing Halt and Coulderton Halt are no longer acceptable as posting submissions on this line section. This was decided some years ago.

Please note the above.

 

[Calthrop]

Whitbeck Crossing Halt

 

[Calthrop]

Please note the above.

Ah didnae ken -- ah ken the noo (or Cumbrian equivalent thereof).

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Kirksanton Halt

 

[Calthrop]

Underhill Halt -- end of journey. (Can't resist remarking that Frodo's alias in The Lord of the Rings is Mr. Underhill -- because he lives at Bag-End-Under-Hill).

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

We next move to England for the next journey.....

This is number 1884 in the series so far.....

The journey starts at the closed station of Velvet Hall
It follows the line of the NER Kelso Branch Line
It then follows the line of the NER Cornhill Branch Line...via Mindrum
It then follows the line of the NER Alnwick Branch Line...via Alnwick
It then follows the line of the Newcastle and Berwick Railway...via Warkworth...note 1st and 2nd stations
It then follows the line of the NER Durham Coast Line...via Gateshead East
It then follows the line of the NER Sunderland to Durham Line...via Ryhope (1st station)...note 1st and 2nd stations
It then follows the line of the Hartlepool Dock and Railway...via South Hetton...note 1st and 2nd stations
It then follows the line of the Castle Eden Railway...via Hurworth Burn
It then follows the line of the Clarence Railway Port Clarence Branch Line...via Norton-on-Tees...via Belasis Lane
The journey ends at the closed station of Port Clarence

The first closed station on this journey is Velvet Hall

 

[Whistler40145]

Norham

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Twizell

 

[Whistler40145]

Coldstream

Presumably connected with Coldstream Guards?

 

[Calthrop]

Coldstream

Mindrum

Presumably connected with Coldstream Guards?

We learn -- the oldest continuously-serving regular regiment in the British Army: originated in Civil War / War of Three Kingdoms, which thus involved Scotland too -- raised in this part of Scotland by the Parliamentarian side, in 1650: fought in south Scotland, against Royalist forces active there; come the Restoration, were rapidly switched to the service of the monarchy -- "the rest is history".

 

[Whistler40145]

Kirknewton

 

[Calthrop]

Akeld

 

[Whistler40145]

Wooler

 

[Calthrop]

Ilderton

 

[Whistler40145]

Wooperton

 

[Calthrop]

Hedgeley

 

[Whistler40145]

Glanton

 

[Calthrop]

Whittingham

 

[Whistler40145]

Edlingham

 

[Calthrop]

Alnwick

 

[Whistler40145]

Warkworth

 

[Calthrop]

Chevington

 

[Whistler40145]

Longhirst

 

[Calthrop]

Stannington

 

[Whistler40145]

Plessey

 

[Calthrop]

Annitsford (1st station)

 

[DerekC]

Annitsford (2nd station)

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

OBSERVATION

It would appear that Ashington Colliery Junction, situated between Longhirst and Stannington has been overlooked.