Hurworth Burn railway station
Hurworth Burn | |
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General information | |
Location | Hurworth Burn Reservoir, County Durham England |
Coordinates | 54°41′35″N 1°21′58″W / 54.6931°N 1.3661°W |
Platforms | 2 |
Other information | |
Status | Disused |
History | |
Original company | North Eastern Railway |
Pre-grouping | North Eastern Railway |
Post-grouping | LNER |
Key dates | |
1 August 1878 | Station opened to goods |
1 March 1880 | Station opened to passengers |
2 November 1931 | Station closed to passengers |
2 April 1951 | Station closed completely |
Hurworth Burn railway station was a railway station on the Castle Eden branch of the North Eastern Railway (NER) from 1880 to 1931. It was located between the embankment carrying the railway over Hurworth Burn Reservoir (to the north) and the bridge[1] carrying the line over the Hart to Trimdon road (known as Hurworth Burn Road) (to the south). As well as serving the then relatively new reservoir, the station primarily served a few scattered hamlets though it was also the nearest station to the village of Sheraton.
History
The NER gained parliamentary powers to construct a line from Bowesfield Junction (where it joined the route of
The station was of a standard design used by the NER during the 1870s. It had two platforms, both located on a raised embankment: the northbound platform (on the west side of the tracks) had a small waiting shelter while on the southbound (eastern) platform there was the station master's house, a waiting room, a canopied ticket office and, from 1906, a
Passenger traffic on the line was always light, the line having been built primarily to allow freight to bypass the congested lines through Stockton and Hartlepool. Hurworth Burn station's remote location served a sparsely populated area and in 1911 there were just 2,759 tickets issued at Hurworth Burn station (this compares with 13,133 issued at Carlton station in the same year) however station was more heavily used for transporting agricultural produce with 583 tons of hay and clover and 94 wagons of livestock loaded at the station in 1913. Despite the poor patronage, there were four stopping passenger trains over the line per day in each direction in 1910[1] and the number increased to five each way by the 1930s.[2]
As part of the
After the line was closed and the tracks lifted, it was purchased by the two local authorities whose areas it passed through, meaning that the line through Hurworth Burn came under the control of Durham County Council who converted it into the Castle Eden Walkway cycle path.[1]
References
- ^ ISBN 1872239099.
- ^ "The Railway Station Thorpe Thewles - Then & Now". Thorpe Thewles History Group. Retrieved 7 January 2018.
External links
Preceding station | Historical railways | Following station | ||
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Wynyard Line and station closed |
North Eastern Railway Castle Eden Railway |
Wellfield Line and station closed |