Darras Hall railway station

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Darras Hall
Old Station Court (geograph 4867517).jpg
The old station court in 2015
General information
Location Darras Hall, Northumberland
England
Coordinates 55°02′15″N1°45′51″W / 55.0374°N 1.7641°W / 55.0374; -1.7641 Coordinates: 55°02′15″N1°45′51″W / 55.0374°N 1.7641°W / 55.0374; -1.7641
Grid reference NZ151714
Platforms1
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original company North Eastern Railway
Pre-groupingNorth Eastern Railway
Post-grouping London and North Eastern Railway
Key dates
1 October 1913 (1913-10-01)Opened
17 June 1929Closed to passengers
2 August 1954 (1954-08-02)Closed to freight

Darras Hall was a railway station on the Ponteland Railway, which ran between South Gosforth and Ponteland, with a sub-branch line to Darras Hall. The station served Darras Hall in Northumberland.

Contents

The station was opened on 1 October 1913, by the North Eastern Railway. [1] It consisted of a single timber platform, with a wooden building, and was located near to Broadway.

In the mid- and late-1920s, an unscheduled service operated from Darras Hall for colliery workers at Belsay and Wallridge. The 7½-mile line, which linked with the Ponteland Railway, was known as the Wallridge Mineral Railway. [2]

History

The Gosforth and Ponteland Light Railway was formed in 1899, under the Light Railways Act of 1896. Construction of the line by the North Eastern Railway was authorised by Parliament in February 1901.

In March 1905, the 7-mile section from South Gosforth to Ponteland was opened to goods traffic, with passenger services commencing in June 1905. [3]

A 11⁄4-mile extension of the branch line to the garden city of Darras Hall in Northumberland, known as the Little Callerton Railway, was authorised in 1909. Unlike the Gosforth and Ponteland Light Railway, the extension was not constructed as a light railway. Passenger services commenced between Ponteland and Darras Hall in October 1913. [1]

In 1922, the branch line was served by six weekday passenger trains, with an additional train running on Saturday. Only three trains ran through to Darras Hall. [4]

Demise and closure

As a result of poor passenger numbers, the station, along with the branch line closed to passengers on 17 June 1929. [1] The line had operated passenger services between Ponteland and Darras Hall for just sixteen years at the time of closure. Darras Hall remained open for goods traffic until 2 August 1954. [5]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 Quick, Michael (2009). Railway Passenger Stations in Great Britain: A Chronology. Railway and Canal Historical Society. p. 142. ISBN   978-0901461575.
  2. ↑ Young, Alan (4 June 2017). "Disused Stations: Belsay Colliery". Disused Stations. Retrieved 21 November 2020.
  3. ↑ Quick, Michael (2009). Railway Passenger Stations in Great Britain: A Chronology. Railway and Canal Historical Society. pp. 103, 131, 142, 234, 326 and 421. ISBN   978-0901461575.
  4. ↑ Bradshaw's Railway Guide (Reprint ed.). London: Guild Publishing. 1985 [1922].
  5. ↑ Young, Alan (17 May 2017). "Disused Stations: Darras Hall". Disused Stations. Retrieved 20 December 2017.
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Ponteland   North Eastern Railway
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