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The Deerness Valley Railway was an eight-mile-long single-track branch railway line that ran along the valley of the
History
The line was primarily built to serve the collieries at Ushaw Moor, Waterhouses, Hamsteels, Esh, Cornsay, New Brancepeth and East Hedley Hope, and was opened to passengers only as an afterthought.
Opening
Authorised in 1855, the line opened to goods on New Year's Day 1858, but it was not until 1 November 1877 that the first passenger station,
Industries served
Beyond the East Hedley Hope junction, the line was known as
Closure
The entire line closed to passengers on 29 October 1951, and to freight on 28 December 1964.
The site today
The trackbed became part of the Durham Railway Paths network[3] in 1975.
References
- ^ "Disused Stations: Waterhouses Station (Durham)".
- ^ "Waterhouses railway station". Disused Stations. Retrieved 24 March 2013.
- ^ "Long Distance Walkers Association".