Wannie Line Walk: The Junction
Location: 55.173863 -1.945664 (NZ 03559 86619). Where the disused railway lines fork. Cache is to the north east side of the railway line.
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The cache has been placed with permission from the National Trust. Please park at Scots Gap at the National Trust office (NE61 4EG) for the Wannie Line caches.
In 1859 Parliament authorised the Wansbeck Railway Company to build the line from Morpeth to Redesmouth. (near Bellingham). Due to financial difficulties the line was built in stages. In 1862 the eastern part from Morpeth to Scots Gap was completed. The western end of the Wansbeck line from Scots Gap through Knowesgate to Redesmouth was completed in 1865 (the Wannie Line) Meanwhile a branch line from Scots Gap to Rothbury (originally planned to continue north to Scotland) was opened in 1870.
The station was opened at Scots Gap in 1862. In September 1952 passenger services were withdrawn from the line, and the goods service from much of the line in November 1963. The line was closed completely in the October 1966 with the station being closed on 3 October 1966.
The station building and platform remain and the site is now occupied by an agricultural merchants