Byers Green railway station

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Byers Green
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The third Byers Green station in 1965.
General information
Location Byers Green, County Durham
England
Coordinates 54°41′25″N1°38′56″W / 54.690274°N 1.648754°W / 54.690274; -1.648754
Platforms1
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original company Clarence Railway
Pre-grouping North Eastern Railway
Post-grouping London and North Eastern Railway
Key dates
1845First station opened
1867First station closed to passengers
1878Second station opened on site of Tod Hills station
1885Third station replaces second station
4 December 1939Third station closed to passengers
2 June 1958Third station closed completely

Byers Green railway station was one of three railway stations that served in the village of Byers Green in County Durham, Northeast England.

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History

The Clarence Railway opened its Byers Green branch from Ferryhill in 1837. Passengers were first carried from 1845, initially starting at Tod Hills (or Todhills) to the west, but services were cut back to Byers Green from 1848. The service was again extended to Tod Hills in 1865, before the passenger service was withdrawn on the branch in 1867. [1]

The service was restored in 1878, when a new Byers Green station opened at the site of the original Tod Hills station. [2] In 1885 a new line opened from Burnhouse Junction, to the east of Byers Green station, to Bishop Auckland and a new station opened on this line. This station closed to passengers on 4 December 1939 and goods on 2 June 1958. [3]

The Clarence Railway was leased to the Stockton and Hartlepool Railway for 21 years from 1844, and a permanent lease was negotiated from 1851. [4] The Clarence Railway became part of the West Hartlepool Harbour and Railway in 1853, [5] which became part of the larger North Eastern Railway in 1865. [6]

The trackbed of the railway has been converted into the Auckland Way, a path for walkers and cyclists. [7]

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References

  1. Hoole 1974, pp. 169, 180.
  2. Hoole 1974, p. 180.
  3. Hoole 1974, pp. 180–181.
  4. Allen 1974, p. 102.
  5. Hoole 1974, pp. 147–148.
  6. Hoole 1974, p. 148.
  7. "Auckland Way Railway Path" (PDF). Durham County Council. 2011. Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 February 2014. Retrieved 4 February 2014.

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Further reading

Preceding station Historical railways Following station
Spennymoor
Line and station closed
  Clarence Railway
Byers Green Branch
1845-1867
  Tod Hills
Line and station closed
Spennymoor
Line and station closed
  North Eastern Railway
Clarence Railway
(Byers Green Branch)
1885-1939
  Coundon
Line and station closed