HEXHAM Courant and Hexham Local History Society have teamed up for this special nostalgia feature celebrating Hexham train station's 188th anniversary.
On March, 9 1835 Hexham Station was opened by the Newcastle & Carlisle Railway which became part of the North Eastern Railway in 1862.
The orginal station was probably designed by the architect Benjamin Green of Newvcatle upon Tyne.
It was altered and extended between 1835 and 1871 and again by 1901.
It is a Listed Grade 11 and standing in a Conservation Area, the present station restored in 1998/1999
Since then it has had a number of special anniversaries and occassions. It has also made its own place in history such as this coal depot, enamel sign for James White Coal and Coke Merchant which is now in Beamish Museum.
In 1981, the Steam Locomotive 4767 George Stephenson celebrated its 200th Birthday special at the station.
Four years later it celebrated its 150th anniversary of Newcastle - Carlisle line, crowds watching train being hauled by Morningstar in 1985.
2010 train station had a makeover and had a new plaque to recognise the work
Adding to its achievements, in 2017 the station was listed as one of Britain’s best 100 railway stations in a new book written by best-selling historian Simon Jenkins.
The book, Britain’s 100 Best Railway Stations, pays tribute to the limestone buildings and smart blue and white North Eastern Railways paint which makes Hexham stand out to passengers on the Tyne Valley line.
And in 2018, Northern announced that Hexham railway station was named Medium Station of the Year at the 2018 National Rail Awards.
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