Blackhall Colliery railway station

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Coordinates: 54°45′02″N 1°17′30″W / 54.7505°N 1.2917°W / 54.7505; -1.2917
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Blackhall Colliery
Site of Blackhall Colliery station in September 1970.
General information
LocationBlackhall Colliery, County Durham
England
Coordinates54°45′02″N 1°17′30″W / 54.7505°N 1.2917°W / 54.7505; -1.2917
Platforms2
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original companyLNER
Post-groupingLNER
British Rail (North Eastern)
Key dates
24 July 1936Station opened
4 May 1964Station closed

Blackhall Colliery railway station served the village of Blackhall Colliery in County Durham, North East England. It was located on the Durham Coast Line, north of Blackhall Rocks and south of Horden.

History

The

Hartlepool Dock and Railway at Hart to passenger traffic on 1 April 1905.[1] This line was built, primarily, to avoid the steep gradients of the inland route at Ryhope Bank and Hesleden[2] but also provided access to the newly developed collieries along the Durham Coast.[3]

However, when the line was opened, the NER chose to build the station to serve the Blackhalls at what became Blackhall Rocks as sinking of the colliery at Blackhall did not begin until 1909 and thus the main traffic that was expected to use the station was that of tourists visiting the caves at Blackhall Rocks.[4] This meant that the village that developed to serve the colliery was left some distance from their nearest railway station.

Eventually, the London and North Eastern Railway (LNER), who had absorbed the NER in 1923, agreed to open an additional station to serve Blackhall Colliery. Construction of the station began on 6 July 1936 and was opened, just 18 days later, on 24 July 1936 by the then manager of Blackhall Colliery and county councillor Ernest Chicken who then proceeded to purchase the first ticket from the station ticket office.[5]

The station was recommended for closure in the

Sunderland and Hartlepool were withdrawn. Passenger services continue pass through the site of the station but run non-stop between Seaham and Hartlepool.[7]

References

  1. ISBN 1852600721
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  2. ISBN 0711028036
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  3. ^ "blackhall_history_1_7" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 August 2017. Retrieved 14 July 2017.
  4. ISBN 0954149203
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  5. ISBN 0954149211
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  6. ISBN 9780711035492
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  7. ^ "Route 02 - Nunthorpe and Middlesbrough to Newcastle and Metrocentre" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 August 2017. Retrieved 14 July 2017.

External links

Preceding station Historical railways Following station
Blackhall Rocks
Line open; station closed 		  London and North Eastern Railway
Durham Coast Line 		  Horden
Line open; station closed


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