Barnard Castle | |
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General information | |
Location | Barnard Castle England |
Grid reference | NZ053169 |
Other information | |
Status | Disused |
Key dates | |
9 July 1856 | 1st station opened |
1 May 1862 | 1st station closed |
1965 | Closed to freight |
30 November 1964 | 2nd station closed |
Barnard Castle railway station was situated on the South Durham & Lancashire Union Railway (Stainmore Line) between Bishop Auckland and Kirkby Stephen East. The railway station served the town of Barnard Castle.
The first station (at grid reference NZ053169 ) was opened on the Darlington and Barnard Castle Railway on 9 July 1856, and was closed to passengers on 1 May 1862 when services were diverted to the second station on the South Durham & Lancashire Railway which had opened in 1861. Freight traffic continued to use the first station until 1965.
Despite being a junction station for three lines, Barnard Castle only had one through platform and two bay platforms. [1]
Regular passenger services to Tebay ceased in 1952, with the remainder of the Stainmore Line to Bishop Auckland and Kirkby Stephen East shutting in 1962. The station remained in use for the lines to Darlington and Middleton-in-Teesdale until 1964 when it was shut as the result of the Beeching Axe.
Today the site of the second station is a car park for the nearby GlaxoSmithKline factory. The first station has been converted into private houses [2] and the first station's portico now resides in Valley Gardens in Saltburn. [3]
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The South Durham and Lancashire Union Railway (SD&LUR) built a railway line linking the Stockton and Darlington Railway near Bishop Auckland with the Lancaster and Carlisle Railway at Tebay, via Barnard Castle, Stainmore Summit and Kirkby Stephen. The line opened in 1861 and became known as the Stainmore Line.
Bowes railway station was situated on the South Durham & Lancashire Union Railway between Barnard Castle and Kirkby Stephen East.
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Preceding station | Disused railways | Following station | ||
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Broomielaw | North Eastern Railway Darlington and Barnard Castle Railway | Terminus | ||
Lartington | North Eastern Railway South Durham & Lancashire Union Railway | Cockfield Fell | ||
Terminus | North Eastern Railway Tees Valley Railway | Cotherstone |
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