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The Weardale Railway is an independently owned British single-track branch line heritage railway between Bishop Auckland, Witton-le-Wear, Wolsingham, Frosterley and Stanhope. Weardale Railway began services on 23 May 2010, but decided to run special trains rather than a scheduled service for the 2013 season.
The railway first reached Stanhope in 1834 as part of the Stanhope and Tyne Railway, but this line did not carry passengers and was cable hauled by stationary engines up the valley sides. The station first opened in 1862, as the Frosterley and Stanhope railway extended to reach the Newlandsides estate, an area where vast amounts of limestone ...
Bishop Auckland West railway station is the eastern terminus of the Weardale Railway, a heritage railway which runs between there and Stanhope. The station was built by the Weardale Railway and initially opened on 23 May 2010, [ 14 ] with a regular passenger service which lasted until the end of the 2012 running season.
Witton-le-Wear railway station is a railway station on the Weardale heritage railway serves the village of Witton-le-Wear in County Durham, North East England, and is the penultimate stop for most of line's eastbound passenger services (though one return service from Stanhope train per day currently terminates here rather than continuing to the eastern terminus at Bishop Auckland West). [1]
Rogerley railway bridge Weardale Railway: Shittlehope: 1862: 54°43′46″N 1°58′57″W: Gas Works Bridge Shittlehope: 1958: 54°44′23″N 1°59′56″W: Stanhope East Railway Bridge Weardale Railway: Stanhope: 54°44′29″N 2°0′7″W: Stanhope Central Railway Bridge Weardale Railway: Stanhope: 1895: 54°44′42″N 2°0′28″W ...
The Weardale Railway did, however remain active and, after major efforts to clear the line of vegetation and repair damaged tracks, passenger services along the section between Stanhope and Bishop Auckland West were reintroduced on 23 May 2010 [7] and continued until the end of the 2012 season. [8]
This is a route-map template for the Weardale Railway, a UK railway.. For a key to symbols, see {{railway line legend}}.; For information on using this template, see Template:Routemap.
A Regional History of the Railways of Great Britain: Volume IV The North East. David & Charles. p. 160. ISBN 0715364391. Jowett, Alan (March 1989). Jowett's Railway Atlas of Great Britain and Ireland: From Pre-Grouping to the Present Day (1st ed.). Patrick Stephens Ltd. Maps 33, 34, 37 & 38. ISBN 1-8526-0086-1.