- Acklington railway station
Infobox UK station
name = Acklington
code = ACK
manager =Northern Rail
locale =Acklington
borough = Alnwick
lowusage0405 = 917
lowusage0506 = 1,137
lowusage0607 = 985
platforms = 2Acklington
railway station serves the village ofAcklington inNorthumberland ,England .It is located on the
East Coast Main Line , although in the current timetable (2006 –2007 ) the only trains calling at Acklington are one northbound and two southbound local services operated on Mondays to Saturdays byNorthern Rail , who also manage the station.History
Opened by the
York, Newcastle and Berwick Railway , then joining theNorth Eastern Railway , it became part of theLondon and North Eastern Railway during the Grouping of 1923. The line then passed on to theEastern Region of British Railways onnationalisation in 1948.When Sectorisation was introduced, the station was served by
Regional Railways until the Privatisation of British Railways. Intercity Sector trains passed through on theEast Coast Main Line .ervice
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