The Grade II* listed stone structure, which spans a length of over the River South Tyne, remains a prominent landmark. After Lambley, the line served a number of unadvertised calling points, including those at Burnstones, Softley and Whitwham. Trains regularly stopped to allow passengers to board and alight, despite no platform or facilities being situated at any of these locations. At Slaggyford, the line is 8½ miles from Haltwhistle. Following the station's reopening in June 2018, Slaggyford now serves as a terminus of the South Tynedale Railway. From Slaggyford, the South Tynedale Railway serves two intermediate stations at Lintley Halt and Kirkhaugh, both of which were purpose-built for the narrow-gauge railway. Crossing Gilderdale Burn Viaduct, the line leaves Northumberland and enters into Cumbria. Gilderdale served as another purpose-built intermediate station for the South Tynedale Railway from December 1986, closing when the line was extended to Kirkhaugh in September 1999. Alston Bridge serves as the final river crossing over the South Tyne, before reaching the terminus in the market town of Alston, having climbed continuously from Haltwhistle to an altitude of about . Demise and closure In the 1950s, freight services were withdrawn from Coanwood, with most stations on the line being downgraded to unstaffed halt status by the early 1960s. After the line's goods services were withdrawn in the early 1960s, the line ran as a siding – a simple railway with no signals other than those at the junction with the Newcastle and Carlisle Railway at Haltwhistle. Rolling stock in the early 1960s consisted of a single Class 101 diesel multiple unit, which was based at Blaydon. A German-built Waggon und Maschinenbau railbus was unsuccessfully trialled on the line in 1965, which proved to be unreliable, as well as being unable to haul parcel vans. The line was originally marked for closure in the 1960s, under the Beeching plan, however the lack of an all-weather road kept it open. Following improvements to the road network, including a temporary level crossing over the branch at Lambley, the line was closed on 3 May 1976 by the British Railways Board, with the last train working two days earlier. The line was replaced in part by a bus service, which was operated by Ribble Motor Services. Preservation The track was lifted in the year following closure, after a preservation attempt by the South Tynedale Railway Preservation Society proved to be unsuccessful. The