Leamside railway station

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Leamside
Site of Leamside station (geograph 2582589).jpg
The site of the station in 2011
Location Leamside, County Durham
England
Coordinates 54°48′43″N1°30′49″W / 54.8119°N 1.5137°W / 54.8119; -1.5137 Coordinates: 54°48′43″N1°30′49″W / 54.8119°N 1.5137°W / 54.8119; -1.5137
Grid reference NZ313464
Platforms4
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original company Newcastle & Darlington Junction Railway
Pre-grouping North Eastern Railway
Post-grouping LNER
British Rail (North Eastern)
Key dates
15 April 1844 (1844-04-15)First station opened
1 April 1857First station replaced by second station
5 October 1953 (1953-10-05)Second station closed and demolished

Leamside railway station served the villages of Leamside and West Rainton, in County Durham, England from 1844 to 1953 on the Leamside line.

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History

The first station was opened on 15 April 1844 by the Newcastle & Darlington Junction Railway as an intermediate station on their route from Gilesgate and Ferryhill to the Durham Junction Railway at Rainton Crossing. The station was situated on the south side of Station Road bridge. [1]

On 1 April 1857, the North Eastern Railway opened a line from Bishop Auckland to a junction with the former N&DJR south of the original Leamside station and, due to it becoming a junction station, decided to open a new, more suitable, Leamside station a short distance to south of the previous one. The freight facilities were on the up side with a goods shed. In 1913 NER statistics show that 11,128 tons of bricks and 21 wagons of livestock were handled at these goods facilities. Passenger booking plummeted from 61,571 to 5,968 in 1951. The station was closed to both passengers and goods traffic on 5 October 1953. [2]

Members of Staff at Leamside

James Lowrie was the station master for almost 50 years until his retirement in 1909. [3]

Robert Cochrane worked from 1857 to 1882, first as a Fireman and later as Signalman.

William Cowan worked as the Assistant Station Master from 1882 to 1904.

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References

  1. "Disused Stations: Leamside (1st site)". Disused Stations. Retrieved 30 March 2017.
  2. "Disused Stations: Leamside (2nd site)". Disused Stations. Retrieved 30 March 2017.
  3. Durham in Time, James Lowrie archived from the original on 12 June 2018. Retrieved 27 February 2021[ failed verification ]
Preceding station Disused railways Following station
Belmont
Line and station closed
  Newcastle & Darlington Junction Railway
Leamside line
  Fencehouses
Line and station closed
Frankland
Line and station closed
  North Eastern Railway
Leamside line
  Fencehouses
Line and station closed
Sherburn Colliery
Line and station closed