Berwick-upon-Tweed is a railway station on the East Coast Main Line, which runs between and . The station, situated north-west of Newcastle, serves the border town of Berwick-upon-Tweed, in Northumberland, England. It is owned by Network Rail and managed by London North Eastern Railway.
It is the most northerly railway station in England, being less than from the border with Scotland. The station, with its long single island platform, lies immediately to the north of the Royal Border Bridge.
History
In 1847, the Great Hall of Berwick Castle had to be demolished to make way for the new station, which opened the following year.Crome 1999, p. 34 This replaced an initial structure erected by the North British Railway, whose line from the north first reached the town in 1846.Body, p.35 The Newcastle and Berwick Railway meanwhile reached the southern bank of the river Tweed in March 1847, but it was another eighteen months before a temporary viaduct across the river was commissioned to allow through running between Edinburgh and Newcastle. This, in turn, was replaced by the current Royal Border Bridge in July 1850.Body, p.36 The station was rebuilt by the London and North Eastern Railway in 1927 and the buildings are Grade-II listed.
The station was also, at one time, served by local stopping trains between and Edinburgh, and the branch line from , via ; this joined the main line at , on the other side of the river, between 1851 until closure in 1964.
For approximately five months in 1979, this was the terminus for services from London King's Cross, after the East Coast Main Line was blocked by the collapse of Penmanshiel Tunnel. Buses linked this station with , from where a railway shuttle service continued to Edinburgh Waverley.
Facilities The station has a car park, with 124 spaces, and has bicycle storage facilities. It is staffed throughout the week during working hours; several self-service ticket machines are available for purchases and for collecting pre-paid tickets. Other facilities on offer on the concourse include a waiting room, Costa coffee shop, vending machine, payphone and toilets, whilst there is a first class lounge on the platform; the two are linked by a fully accessible footbridge with lifts. Train running information is offered via digital CIS displays, audible announcements and timetable posters.
Services
The station is served by three train operating companies, which provide the following off-peak services in trains per hour/day (tph/tpd):
London North Eastern Railway: 1 tp2h to , via , , , , and 1 tp2h to ; of which: 3 tpd extend to , via 1 tpd extends to , via , and .
CrossCountry: 1 tph to , via Newcastle, , and ; of which: 1 tpd extends to 1 tph to Edinburgh Waverley; of which: 2 tpd extend to , via 1 tpd extends to Aberdeen, via Dundee.
TransPennine Express: 1 tp2h to Edinburgh Waverley, calling at , and 1 tp2h to Newcastle, calling at and .
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