Berwick-upon-Tweed railway station
Berwick-upon-Tweed 
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Panoramic view of Berwick-upon-Tweed railway station
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| Location | |
| Place | Berwick-upon-Tweed |
| Local authority | County of Northumberland |
| Coordinates | 55°46′30″N 2°00′40″W / 55.775°N 2.011°WCoordinates: 55°46′30″N 2°00′40″W / 55.775°N 2.011°W |
| Grid reference | NT994534 |
| Operations | |
| Station code | BWK |
| Managed by | Virgin Trains East Coast |
| Number of platforms | 2 |
| DfT category | C1 |
| Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections from National Rail Enquiries |
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| Annual rail passenger usage* | |
| 2011/12 |
 0.479 million |
| – Interchange |
 1,035 |
| 2012/13 |
0.502 million |
| – Interchange |
1,123 |
| 2013/14 |
0.527 million |
| – Interchange |
1,167 |
| 2014/15 |
0.539 million |
| – Interchange |
1,339 |
| 2015/16 |
0.529 million |
| – Interchange |
1,430 |
| History | |
| Key dates | Opened 1847 |
| Original company | North British Railway / Newcastle and Berwick Railway |
| Pre-grouping | North British Railway / North Eastern Railway |
| Post-grouping | LNER |
| National Rail – UK railway stations | |
| * Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Berwick-upon-Tweed from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year. | |
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Berwick-upon-Tweed railway station is on the East Coast Main Line in the United Kingdom, serving the town of Berwick-upon-Tweed, Northumberland. It is 335 miles 56 chains (540.3 km) down-line from London King's Cross and is situated between Chathill to the south and Dunbar to the north. Its three-letter station code is BWK.
It is the most northerly railway station in England, being less than three miles from the border with Scotland. The station, with its long single island platform, lies immediately to the north of the Royal Border Bridge.
In 1847, the Great Hall of Berwick 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. This replaced an initial structure erected by the North British Railway, whose line from the north first reached the town in 1846. The Newcastle 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 current Royal Border Bridge in July 1850. The station was rebuilt by the London and North Eastern Railway in 1927 and the buildings are Grade-II listed.
The station was also at one time served by local stopping trains between Newcastle & Edinburgh and the branch line from Newtown St Boswells via Kelso (which joined the main line at Tweedmouth, on the other side of the river) from 1851 until closure in 1964.
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