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Allendale, Alston, Whitfield
Date: 1950-01-01
(1950 date unspecified) Allendale railway closed to goods traffic on 18th November 1950, 83 years after the first stretch of the line was opened. The saga of the closure dragged on for much of the year with Hexham Rural Council calling for an inquiry into the British Railway plans.
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