Acklington
General information
Location	Acklington,Northumberland England
Coordinates	55°18′26″N1°39′06″W / 55.3072171°N 1.6517687°W /55.3072171; -1.6517687
Grid reference	NU222015
Owned by	Network Rail
Managed by	Northern Trains
Platforms	2
Other information
Station code	ACK
Classification	DfT category F2
History
Opened	1 July 1847
Original company	Newcastle and Berwick Railway
Pre-grouping	North Eastern Railway
Post-grouping	London and North Eastern Railway British Rail (North Eastern Region)
Passengers
2020/21	66
2021/22	324
2022/23	434
2023/24	550
2024/25	856
Location Acklington Location inNorthumberland, England
Notes Passenger statistics from theOffice of Rail and Road

Acklington is a railway station on theEast Coast Main Line, which runs betweenLondon King's Cross andEdinburgh Waverley. The station, situated 28 miles 43 chains (28.5 mi; 45.9 km) north of Newcastle, serves the small village ofAcklington inNorthumberland, England. It is owned byNetwork Rail and managed byNorthern Trains. During 2023/24, it was the least used station in Northumberland, with an estimated 550 passenger journeys (entries and exits) made.

The station was opened on 1 July 1847 by theNewcastle and Berwick Railway.^[1] It later joined theNorth Eastern Railway, becoming part of theLondon and North Eastern Railway during theGrouping of 1923. The line then passed on to theNorth Eastern Region of British Railways onnationalisation in 1948.

WhenSectorisation was introduced, the station was served byRegional Railways until thePrivatisation of British Railways.Intercity Sector trains passed through on theEast Coast Main Line.

The station has a substantial main building on the northbound side, which is Grade-II listed and now used as a private residence.^[2] It also had a goods yard and signal box. The station avoided theBeeching Axe in the late 1960s that claimed several others on the East Coast Main Line and until the late 1980s had through trains toBerwick-upon-Tweed andEdinburgh Waverley (though only 3-4 per day each way in total).^[3] Electrification of the ECML and a rolling stock shortage led to the timetable being cut to the present residual level in 1991.

The station is unstaffed (so tickets must be purchased in advance or on the train) and only has basic amenities - a sizeable stone shelter and payphone on the southbound platform and a cycle rack on the northbound side.^[4] Step-free access is available to both platforms.

Northern Trains East Coast Main Line
v t e
Newcastle – Morpeth – Chathill
Newcastle Manors Cramlington Morpeth Pegswood Widdrington Acklington Alnmouth for Alnwick Chathill

As of the December 2025 timetable change, the station is currently served by just three trains per day: two southbound toNewcastle viaMorpeth (one in the early morning and one in the evening) and one northbound toChathill (in the evening).

No services call at the station on Sundays.

Rolling stock used:Class 156Super Sprinter andClass 158Express Sprinter

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Widdrington		Northern Trains East Coast Main Line Limited Service		Alnmouth
	Historical railways
Chevington		North Eastern Railway York, Newcastle and Berwick Railway		Warkworth

• Butt, R. V. J. (October 1995).The Directory of Railway Stations: details every public and private passenger station, halt, platform and stopping place, past and present (1st ed.).Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd.ISBN 978-1-85260-508-7.OCLC 60251199.OL 11956311M.
• Jowett, Alan (2000).Jowett's Nationalised Railway Atlas (1st ed.). Penryn, Cornwall: Atlantic Transport Publishers.ISBN 978-0-906899-99-1.OCLC 228266687.
• Jowett, Alan (March 1989).Jowett's Railway Atlas of Great Britain and Ireland: From Pre-Grouping to the Present Day (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd.ISBN 978-1-85260-086-0.OCLC 22311137.

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