Aldin Grange for Bearpark railway station

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Aldin Grange for Bearpark
Site of Bearpark (formerly Aldin Grange) Station - geograph.org.uk - 1773896.jpg
Aldin Grange for Bearpark railway station in 1965
General information
Location Bearpark, County Durham
England
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original company North Eastern Railway
Pre-groupingNorth Eastern Railway
Post-grouping London and North Eastern Railway
Key dates
May 1883Station opens as Aldin Grange
19 June 1884Station renamed Aldin Grange for Bearpark
1 May 1927Station renamed Bearpark
1 May 1939Station closes to regular traffic
26 April 1954Last Miners' Gala excursion
1966Closure to goods

Aldin Grange for Bearpark railway station was located on the Lanchester Valley Railway that operated in County Durham, England. The railway station opened in 1883 as Aldin Grange, and was renamed Aldin Grange for Bearpark about a year later. In 1927 its name was changed to Bearpark. The station closed to passengers in 1939, although miners' gala excursions used the line until 1954, and freight then used the line until 1965.

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History

Opened as part of the North Eastern Railway, it became part of the London and North Eastern Railway during the Grouping of 1923, and that company withdrew regular passenger services in 1939. Occasional excursions to the Durham Miners Gala joined the goods and Bearpark Colliery traffic until the last gala excursion in 1954, after the line had passed to the Eastern Region of British Railways on nationalisation in 1948. Goods traffic continued until 1966 and the line was lifted in 1967.

The Site Today

Today the site is a popular walk, the Lanchester Valley Railway Path. Nothing of the station remains.

Preceding station Disused railways Following station
Durham   London and North Eastern Railway
Lanchester Valley Railway
  Witton Gilbert

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