Berwick-upon-Tweed
Main station building
General information
Location	Berwick-upon-Tweed,Northumberland England
Coordinates	55°46′28″N2°00′38″W / 55.7745555°N 2.0105423°W /55.7745555; -2.0105423
Grid reference	NT994534
Owned by	Network Rail
Managed by	London North Eastern Railway
Platforms	2
Other information
Station code	BWK
Classification	DfT category C1
History
Original company	North British Railway York, Newcastle and Berwick Railway
Pre-grouping	North British Railway North Eastern Railway
Post-grouping	London and North Eastern Railway British Rail (North Eastern Region)
Key dates
22 June 1846	Opened asBerwick
1 January 1955	RenamedBerwick-upon-Tweed
Passengers
2020/21	0.142 million
Interchange	783
2021/22	0.590 million
Interchange	1,065
2022/23	0.568 million
Interchange	6,581
2023/24	0.630 million
Interchange	12,423
2024/25	0.707 million
Interchange	14,439
Location Berwick-upon-Tweed Location inNorthumberland, England
Notes Passenger statistics from theOffice of Rail and Road

Berwick-upon-Tweed is a railway station on theEast Coast Main Line, which runs betweenLondon King's Cross andEdinburgh Waverley. The station, situated 67 miles (108 km) north-west of Newcastle, serves the border town ofBerwick-upon-Tweed inNorthumberland, England. It is owned byNetwork Rail and managed byLondon North Eastern Railway.

It is the most northerly railway station in England, being less than 3 miles (4.8 km) from the border with Scotland. The station, with its long singleisland platform, lies immediately to the north of theRoyal Border Bridge.

In 1847, the Great Hall ofBerwick Castle had to be demolished to make way for the new station (the former West Wall of the castle still marks the boundary of the now-defunct station goods yard), which opened the following year.^[1] This replaced an initial structure erected by theNorth British Railway, whose line from the north first reached the town in 1846.^[2] TheNewcastle and Berwick Railway meanwhile reached the southern bank of the River Tweed in March 1847, but it was another eighteen months before a temporary viaduct across the river was commissioned to allow through running between Edinburgh and Newcastle. This in turn was replaced by the currentRoyal Border Bridge in July 1850.^[3] The station was rebuilt by theLondon and North Eastern Railway in 1927 and the buildings are Grade-II listed.^[4]

The station was also at one time served by local stopping trains betweenNewcastle and Edinburgh and the branch line fromNewtown St Boswells viaKelso (which joined the main line atTweedmouth, on the other side of the river) from 1851 until closure in 1964.^[5]

For approximately five months in 1979, this was the terminus for services fromLondon King's Cross after theEast Coast Main Line was blocked by the collapse ofPenmanshiel Tunnel. Buses linked this station withDunbar, from where a railway shuttle service continued toEdinburgh Waverley.^{[citation needed]}

The station has a council-run car park nearby, and is staffed throughout the week during working hours.^[6] Several self-service ticket machines are available for use outside these times and for collecting pre-paid tickets. Other facilities on offer on the concourse include a waiting room, Costa coffee shop, vending machine, payphone and toilets, whilst there is a First Class lounge on the platform. The two are linked by a fully accessible footbridge with lifts. Train running information is offered via digital CIS displays, audible announcements and timetable posters.^{[citation needed]}

The services, as of the December 2025 timetable change, are as follows:

London North Eastern Railway

• 1 tp2h toLondon King's Cross, viaNewcastle,Darlington,York,Doncaster,Newark Northgate andPeterborough
• 1 tp2h toEdinburgh Waverley; 3 tpd extend toAberdeen viaDundee (2 tpd on Sundays); 1 tpd extends toInverness viaStirling,Perth andAviemore.

CrossCountry

• 1 tph toPlymouth, via Newcastle,Leeds,Birmingham New Street andBristol Temple Meads; 1 tpd extends toPenzance.
• 1 tph toEdinburgh Waverley; 2 tpd extend toGlasgow Central viaMotherwell (1 tpd on Sundays); 1 tpd extends toAberdeen viaDundee.

TransPennine Express

• 8 tpd toEdinburgh Waverley, calling atReston,Dunbar andEast Linton (7 tpd on Sundays)
• 8 tpd toNewcastle, calling atAlnmouth andMorpeth (7 tpd on Sundays).

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Alnmouth or Newcastle		CrossCountry		Dunbar or Edinburgh Waverley
		London North Eastern Railway East Coast Main Line		Reston or Dunbar or Edinburgh Waverley
Alnmouth or Terminus		TransPennine Express North TransPennine		Reston
	Historical railways
Terminus		North British Railway North British Railway Main Line		Burnmouth Line open; station closed
Tweedmouth Line open; station closed		North Eastern Railway York, Newcastle and Berwick Railway		Terminus

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