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The Leamside Line, originally part of the Durham Junction Railway, is a disused railway line, located in the North East of England.The alignment diverges from the East Coast Main Line at Tursdale Junction, travelling a distance of 21 miles (34 kilometres) north through the Durham Coalfield and Washington, prior to joining the Durham Coast Line at Pelaw Junction. [1]
Six new stations are under construction as part of the South Coast Rail project; several other stations are planned. The MBTA was formed in 1964 to subsidize suburban commuter rail service operated by the Boston and Maine Railroad, New York Central Railroad, and New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad. Subsidies began in stages from 1965 to ...
On 23 July 1894 the brake van and two carriages of a train were derailed and overturned at Farlington Halt. The guard was killed and seven passengers injured. [8] On 22 September 1965, an electric multiple unit collided with a double decker bus on a level crossing between Angmering and Goring-by-Sea stations, due to errors by the crossing ...
Durham is a through station with two platforms, located north of the city centre, on a hill. South of the station, the railway line approaches the station via the eleven arched Durham Viaduct; a major local landmark. After a renovation between 2006 and 2008, the original stone station building is now the ticket hall and main concourse.
This is a list of National Rail stations in the ceremonial county of Durham by 2017/2018 entries and exits, based on the UK Office of Rail and Road reports 2016-18. [1] Note that Horden station opened in 2020 [ 2 ] so received no entries and exits in this period.
Such a project was considered by railway engineer Luke Livingston Macassey in the 1890s as "a rail link using either a tunnel, a submerged "tubular bridge" or a solid causeway". [5] The north channel crossing was the subject of a 2020 study by the United Kingdom government. [6] [7]
August 22 saw the highest daily total on record, with 1,295 people crossing in 27 boats. Some 299 were detected in 2018, followed by 1,843 in 2019 and 8,466 in 2020, official figures show.
The ECML is part of Network Rail's Strategic Route G, which comprises five separate lines: [3]. The main line between London King's Cross and Edinburgh Waverley stations, via Stevenage, Peterborough, Grantham, Newark North Gate, Retford, Doncaster, York, Northallerton, Darlington, Durham, Newcastle, Morpeth, Alnmouth, Berwick-upon-Tweed and Dunbar.