ward stretches from Hexham south up the River Tyne South and has a total population taken at the 2011 Census of 4,832. Transport Railway The town is served by Haltwhistle railway station on the Newcastle and Carlisle Railway, also known as the Tyne Valley Line. The line was opened in 1838, and links the city of Newcastle upon Tyne in Tyne and Wear with Carlisle in Cumbria. The line follows the course of the River Tyne through Northumberland. Passenger services on the Tyne Valley Railway are operated by Northern and ScotRail. The line is also heavily used for freight. The railway station is on the south side of the town, close by the River South Tyne. Until 1976, the railway station was also the junction of the branch line to Alston, in Cumbria, which was in length. Part of the southern section of the Haltwhistle to Alston line has been reopened as a narrow gauge railway, known as the South Tynedale Railway, between Alston and Slaggyford. The trust that owns and operates the railway intends to reopen the entire branch line from Alston to Haltwhistle. Road The A69 trunk road, which links Carlisle and Newcastle upon Tyne, formerly passed south of the town centre and through its western outskirts, until a full bypass was opened in 1997. References External links Official site Haltwhistle Photos Towns in Northumberland Civil parishes in Northumberland Lime kilns in England