Editing Alnwick branch line (section)

==History==
The line opened on 5 August 1850, both to [[freight]] and [[passenger]] traffic. Passenger operations included direct [[Newcastle railway station|Newcastle]] to Alnwick services, as well as regular [[public transport|shuttle]] runs between Alnmouth and Alnwick. As late as 1966, some of the Alnmouth to Alnwick shuttles were still operated by [[steam locomotive]]s.

===Operation===
All Newcastle-Alnwick services and some local trains were taken over by [[diesel multiple unit]] trains from 21 April 1958, with schedules cut by up to 15 minutes.<ref>Railway Magazine June 1958 p. 432</ref>

===Closure===
The passenger service was withdrawn in January 1968 and the line closed completely in October 1968, on cost grounds. The old railway embankment west of where the line crossed the [[A1 road (Great Britain)|A1 road]] now forms the rear boundary of some of the gardens on the Royal Oak Gardens residential development.