Ushaw Moor railway station

Former railway station in England

Ushaw Moor
General information
LocationUshaw Moor, County Durham
England
Grid referenceNZ227422
Line(s)Deerness Valley Railway
Platforms2 (originally 1)
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original companyNorth Eastern Railway
Pre-groupingNorth Eastern Railway
Post-groupingLNER
Key dates
1 September 1884Opened
29 October 1951Closed to passengers
28 December 1964Closed to freight

Ushaw Moor railway station, was a station on the Deerness Valley Railway, south of the village of Ushaw Moor in County Durham, was opened on 1 September 1884 by the North Eastern Railway.[1]

The station closed to passengers on 29 October 1951 and freight on 28 December 1964. The stone and timber built station[1] was demolished and few traces of it remain. The trackbed now forms part of the Deerness Valley Railway Path.[2]

  Deerness Valley Railway
Overview
LocaleCounty Durham
Technical
Track gauge4 ft 8+12 in (1,435 mm)
Length8 miles (13 km)
Legend
East Coast Main Line to Chester-le-Street
Durham
Lanchester Valley Railway to Consett
East Coast Main Line to Darlington
Ushaw Moor
New Brancepeth Colliery
Ushaw Moor Colliery
Hamsteels, Esh, and Cornsay collieries
Waterhouses
Waterhouses Colliery
East Hedley Hope Colliery
Stanley Inclines
Stanley Drift Mines
Wooley Colliery
Bank Foot Coke Works/Chemical Plant
Crook
Preceding station   Disused railways   Following station
Durham   LNER
Deerness Valley Railway
  Waterhouses

References

  1. ^ a b "Ushaw Moor Station". Disused Stations.
  2. ^ "Deerness Valley Railway Path". The Long Distance Walkers Association.

External links

  • Ushaw Moor on navigable 1948 O. S. map
  • v
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  • e
Closed railway stations in County Durham
Derwent Valley Railway
Stanhope and Tyne Railway
NER Annfield and Beamish Deviations
Durham and Sunderland Railway
NER Elvet Branch
Lanchester Valley Railway
Leamside line
Wear Valley Railway
Weardale Extension Railway
Great North of England, Clarence
and Hartlepool Junction Railway
Deerness Valley Railway
  • Ushaw Moor
  • Waterhouses (County Durham)
Durham to Bishop Auckland Line
Bishop Auckland and Weardale Railway
East Coast Main Line
Durham Coast Line
Hartlepool Dock and Railway
Stockton and Hartlepool Railway
Clarence Railway
Simpasture Branch
Port Clarence Branch
Byers Green Branch and NER Extension
Castle Eden Railway
Darlington and Barnard Castle Railway
South Durham and Lancashire Union Railway
Stockton and Darlington Railway
Tees Valley Railway
Tanfield Waggonway
  • Tanfield Lea
  • Bowes Bridge

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