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{{Short description|Disused railway station in Northumberland, England}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2017}}
{{Use British English|date=December 2017}}
{{Infobox station
| name                = Staward Halt
| status              = Disused
| image               = Stawart Halt Station.jpg
| caption             = Station building in 2007.
| borough             = [[High Staward]], [[Catton, Northumberland|Catton]], [[Northumberland]]
| country             = England
| grid_name           = [[Ordnance Survey National Grid|Grid reference]]
| grid_position       = {{gbmapscaled|NY806597|25|NY806597}}
| platforms           = 1
| original            = [[Hexham and Allendale Railway]]
| pregroup            = [[North Eastern Railway (UK)|North Eastern Railway]]
| postgroup           = [[London and North Eastern Railway]]<br />[[North Eastern Region of British Railways]]
| years               = 13 January 1868
| events              = Station opened to goods as ''Staward''
| years1              = 1 March 1869
| events1             = Station opens to passengers
| years2              = 22 September 1930
| events2             = Station closed to passengers
| years3              = 1 April 1939
| events3             = Station renamed ''Staward Halt''
| years4              = 20 November 1950
| events4             = Station closed to freight
}}
'''Staward Halt''' is a closed stone built [[railway station]] situated on a single track branch railway line in [[Northumberland]], [[England]], that ran from {{stnlnk|Allendale}} through to {{stnlnk|Hexham}}.

==History==
Authorised in 1865 the Hexham to Allendale Railway was opened in stages, first to {{stnlnk|Langley-on-Tyne}} in 1867, then to {{stnlnk|Allendale}} (then known as ''Catton Road'') in 1869. Built to carry freight, primarily the product of local lead mines, the line eventually opened to passengers. The passenger service was run by the [[North Eastern Railway (UK)|North Eastern Railway]] who took over the line in July 1876.

The station was closed to passengers in September 1930,<ref>{{cite book|last=Quick|first=M. E.|title=Railway passenger stations in England, Scotland and Wales – a chronology|year=2002|publisher=Railway and Canal Historical Society|location=Richmond|page=402|oclc=931112387}}</ref><ref>{{Butt-Stations|page=219}}</ref> and for freight when the line closed on 20 November 1950.

{{center|'''Former Services'''}}{{Disused Rail Start}}
{{rail line|previous={{stnlnk|Langley-on-Tyne}}|next={{stnlnk|Allendale}}|route=[[London and North Eastern Railway]]<br /><small>[[Hexham and Allendale Railway]]</small>|col={{LNER colour}}}}
{{end}}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*[http://www.northumbrian-railways.co.uk/index.php?page=staward-halt Staward Halt on Northumbrian Railways]{{dead link|date=December 2013}}

{{Closed stations Northumberland}}

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[[Category:Former North Eastern Railway (United Kingdom) stations]]
[[Category:Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1868]]
[[Category:Railway stations in Great Britain closed in 1950]]
[[Category:Disused railway stations in Northumberland]]


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