Alnmouth railway station
Alnmouth 
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GNER train enters the station from the north
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| Location | |
| Place | Alnmouth |
| Local authority | County of Northumberland |
| Coordinates | 55°23′31″N 1°38′10″W / 55.392°N 1.636°WCoordinates: 55°23′31″N 1°38′10″W / 55.392°N 1.636°W |
| Grid reference | NU230110 |
| Operations | |
| Station code | ALM |
| Managed by | Northern |
| Number of platforms | 2 |
| DfT category | E |
| Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections from National Rail Enquiries |
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| Annual rail passenger usage* | |
| 2011/12 |
 0.256 million |
| – Interchange |
1,529 |
| 2012/13 |
0.258 million |
| – Interchange |
 871 |
| 2013/14 |
0.283 million |
| – Interchange |
1,247 |
| 2014/15 |
0.305 million |
| – Interchange |
1,404 |
| 2015/16 |
0.294 million |
| – Interchange |
1,420 |
| History | |
| Original company | Newcastle and Berwick Railway |
| Pre-grouping | North Eastern Railway |
| Post-grouping | LNER |
| 1 July 1847 | Station opens as Bilton |
| 2 May 1892 | Station renamed Alnmouth |
| National Rail – UK railway stations | |
| * Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Alnmouth from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year. | |
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Alnmouth railway station (Signed as: Alnmouth for Alnwick) is a station on the East Coast Main Line about one mile from Alnmouth in Hipsburn, Northumberland, northern England. It is 10–15 minutes by road to the town of Alnwick and 34 3⁄4 miles (56 km) north of Newcastle by rail.
The station was opened on 1 July 1847 as Bilton by the Newcastle and Berwick Railway and from 1854 run by the North Eastern Railway. On 1 October 1850 it became the junction for the Alnwick branch line. On 2 May 1892 the station's name was changed to Alnmouth.
It became part of the London and North Eastern Railway during the Grouping of 1923. The station then passed on to the North Eastern Region of British Railways on nationalisation in 1948. The Alnwick branch service was withdrawn in January 1968 (as a result of the Beeching Axe), with freight traffic ending in October the same year. The station had an additional platform face on the 'down' (northbound) side for use by branch trains, but this lost its track in the early 1970s after the branch closed and was removed altogether prior to the station being rebuilt in 2004 and the present ticket office constructed.
When Sectorisation was introduced, the station was served by the Intercity Sector until the Privatisation of British Railways.
The station is staffed, with the ticket office on platform 1 manned each day (06:40-18:15 Mon-Sat, 10:20-21:30 Sundays). A self-service ticket machine is also provided (this can be used to collect pre-paid tickets as well as for use when the booking office is closed). There is a waiting shelter and help point on platform 2 as well as a waiting room, vending machine and toilets on platform 1. Level access is available to both platforms via lifts in the footbridge. Train running information is offered via automated announcements, digital displays and timetable posters.
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