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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 Stockton and Darlington Railway backed Bishop Auckland and Weardale Railway had received Parliamentary backing to build a railway from Shildon via Bishop Auckland to the town of Crook in 1842. The line was duly completed the following year, with trains running as far as Bishop Auckland from 30 January 1843 and through to Crook from 8 ...
A map of the railway network of the Tees Valley, and neighbouring areas of County Durham and North Yorkshire, at its greatest extent during the early 20th century. The section of line between Bishop Auckland and Albert Hill Junction, Darlington (prior to joining the East Coast Main Line), as well as the section between Oak Tree Junction, Dinsdale (near Middleton St. George) and Eaglescliffe ...
Heighington is a railway station on the Tees Valley Line, which runs between Bishop Auckland and Saltburn via Darlington. The station, situated 5 miles 62 chains (9.3 km) north-west of Darlington, serves the villages of Aycliffe and Heighington in County Durham, England. It is owned by Network Rail and managed by Northern Trains. It is possibly ...