Ushaw Moor railway station

Ushaw Moor
Location
Place Ushaw Moor
Area County Durham
Grid reference NZ227422
Operations
Line Deerness Valley Railway
Original company North Eastern Railway
Pre-grouping North Eastern Railway
Post-grouping LNER
Platforms 2 (originally 1)
History
1 September 1884 Opened
29 October 1951 Closed to passengers
28 December 1964 Closed to freight
Disused railway stations in the United Kingdom
Closed railway stations in Britain
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Ushaw Moor railway station, was a station on the Deerness Valley Railway, south of the village of Ushaw Moor in County Durham, was opened on 1 September 1884 by the North Eastern Railway.[1]

The station closed to passengers on 29 October 1951, and freight on 28 December 1964. The stone and timber built station[1] was demolished and few traces of it remain. The trackbed now forms part of the Deerness Valley Railway Path.[2]

     Deerness Valley Railway

Locale County Durham
Track gauge 4 ft 8 1⁄2 in (1,435 mm)
Length 8 miles (13 km)
East Coast Main Line to Chester-Le-Street
Durham
Lanchester Valley Railway to Consett
Durham to Bishop Auckland Line to Bishop Auckland
East Coast Main Line to Darlington
Ushaw Moor
New Brancepeth Colliery
Ushaw Moor Colliery
Hamsteels, Esh, and Cornsay collieries
Waterhouses
Waterhouses Colliery
East Hedley Hope Colliery
Stanley Inclines
Stanley Drift Mines
Wooley Colliery
Bank Foot Coke Works/Chemical Plant
Stanhope and Tyne Railway to Consett
Crook
West Durham Railway to Byers Green
Weardale Extension Railway to Bishop Auckland
Preceding station Disused railways Following station
Durham   LNER
Deerness Valley Railway		   Waterhouses

References

  1. 1 2 "Ushaw Moor Station". Disused Stations.
  2. ↑ "Deerness Valley Railway Path". The Long Distance Walkers Association.

Coordinates: 54°46′26″N 1°38′53″W / 54.774°N 1.648°W / 54.774; -1.648

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