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Hexham railway station serves the town of Hexham in Northumberland, England. It is located on the Tyne Valley Line which runs from Newcastle upon Tyne to Carlisle, and is managed by Northern Rail who provide most passenger train services. ==History== The Newcastle and Carlisle Railway was formed in 1829, and was opened in stages. The first section of that line to open for passenger trains was between and Hexham, which was formally opened on 3 March 1835, with normal services beginning either the next day,〔 or on 9 March 1835. The line was extended from Hexham to on 28 June 1836. After the N&CR had been absorbed by the North Eastern Railway, Hexham became a junction station with the opening of the first section of the Border Counties Railway, between Hexham and on 5 April 1858. The first section of a second branch, the Hexham and Allendale Railway (H&AR) was opened (for goods) in August 1867 - the H&AR, initially promoted to serve lead mines, opened for passengers on 1 March 1869. On the main line, the next station to the west of Hexham was , which closed in 1967. The station has two waiting rooms. Platform two's waiting room has a fireplace made of black marble, which includes many fossilised orthoceras cephalopods, dated to approximately 400 million years old. The floral displays have won several awards from the Britain in Bloom scheme. Dating from around 1835, Hexham station is one of the oldest purpose-built railway stations in the world. The station has diminished in size and importance since the closure of the Allendale branch (to passengers on 22 September 1930, completely in 1950) and the Border Counties Railway (to passengers October 1956, all traffic 1958),〔Body, G ''Railways of the Eastern Region Volume 2'', 1988, Patrick Stephens Ltd, Wellingborough, ISBN 1-85260-072-1, p.134〕 both of which met the Tyne Valley line west of Hexham station. In 2013 a major Network Rail managed redevelopment scheme commenced. The goods yard on the south east side is becoming a retail park. The Victorian railway stables are being relocated to Beamish Museum. Both of the Victorian good shed buildings are to be re-used. On the north side a new supplementary entrance and car park will be created affording disabled access to that platform.〔http://www.networkrailmediacentre.co.uk/News-Releases/Work-starts-on-8m-Hexham-Goods-Yard-retail-development-1e41.aspx Network Rail Press Release retrieved 2 October 2013.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Hexham railway station」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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