Barnard Castle railway station

Disused railway station in County Durham, England

Barnard Castle
Barnard Castle railway station in 1953
General information
LocationBarnard Castle
England
Grid referenceNZ053169
Other information
StatusDisused
Key dates
9 July 18561st station opened
1 May 18621st station closed
1965Closed to freight
30 November 19642nd station closed

Barnard Castle railway station was situated on the South Durham & Lancashire Union Railway (Stainmore Line) between Bishop Auckland and Kirkby Stephen East. The railway station served the town of Barnard Castle.

The first station (at grid reference NZ053169) was opened on the Darlington and Barnard Castle Railway on 9 July 1856, and was closed to passengers on 1 May 1862 when services were diverted to the second station on the South Durham & Lancashire Railway which had opened in 1861. Freight traffic continued to use the first station until 1965.

Barnard Castle railway station in 1965

Regular passenger services to Tebay ceased in 1952, with the remainder of the Stainmore Line to Bishop Auckland and Kirkby Stephen East shutting in 1962. The station remained in use for the lines to Darlington and Middleton-in-Teesdale until 1964 when it was shut as the result of the Beeching Axe.

Today the site of the second station is a car park for the nearby GlaxoSmithKline factory. The first station has been converted into private houses[1] and the first station's portico now resides in Valley Gardens in Saltburn.[2]

References

  1. ^ "Portico particulars". The Northern Echo. 8 September 2010. Retrieved 17 June 2023.
  2. ^ chris.twigg (10 August 2011). "Hidden Teesside - Barnard Castle Station Portico, Valley Gardens, Saltburn". Hidden Teesside. Retrieved 17 June 2023.
  • Walton, Peter (1992). The Stainmore & Eden Valley Railways. Oxford Publishing Co. ISBN 0-86093-306-7.
  • Butt, R.V.J. (1995). The Directory Of Railway Stations. Patrick Stephens Limited. ISBN 1-85260-508-1.
  • British Railways Pre-Grouping Atlas And Gazetteer. Ian Allan Publishing. 1997 [1958]. ISBN 0-7110-0320-3.

External links

  • Barnard Castle station at Disused Stations


Preceding station   Disused railways   Following station
Broomielaw   North Eastern Railway
Darlington and Barnard Castle Railway 		  Terminus
Lartington   North Eastern Railway
South Durham & Lancashire Union Railway 		  Cockfield Fell
Terminus   North Eastern Railway
Tees Valley Railway 		  Cotherstone

54°33′11″N 1°55′16″W / 54.553°N 1.921°W / 54.553; -1.921

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