Waterhouses (County Durham) railway station

For the railway station serving Waterhouses, Staffordshire, see Waterhouses (Staffordshire) railway station.
Waterhouses
Location
Place Esh Winning
Area County Durham
Grid reference NZ192416
Operations
Original company North Eastern Railway
Pre-grouping North Eastern Railway
Post-grouping LNER
Platforms 1
History
1 November 1877 Opened
29 October 1951 Closed to passengers
28 December 1964 Closed to freight
Disused railway stations in the United Kingdom
Closed railway stations in Britain
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Waterhouses railway station, on the Deerness Valley Railway, south of the village of Esh Winning in County Durham, was opened on 1 November 1877 by the North Eastern Railway.[1] The station served as the passenger terminus of the line, although goods wagons continued to East Hedley Hope and Waterhouses collieries.

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 the site is now a park. The trackbed now forms part of the Deerness Valley Railway Path.[2]

     Deerness Valley Railway

Locale County Durham
Track gauge 4 ft 8 1⁄2 in (1,435 mm)
Length 8 miles (13 km)
East Coast Main Line to Chester-Le-Street
Durham
Lanchester Valley Railway to Consett
Durham to Bishop Auckland Line to Bishop Auckland
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
Stanhope and Tyne Railway to Consett
Crook
West Durham Railway to Byers Green
Weardale Extension Railway to Bishop Auckland
Preceding station Disused railways Following station
Ushaw Moor   LNER
Deerness Valley Railway		   Terminus

References

  1. 1 2 "Station Name: WATERHOUSES (Durham)". Disused Stations.
  2. ↑ "Deerness Valley Railway Path". Long Distance Walkers Association.

Coordinates: 54°46′08″N 1°42′12″W / 54.7688°N 1.7033°W / 54.7688; -1.7033

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