A History of Britain’s Railways
North Eastern Railway
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The North Eastern Railway was formed by an amalgamation of smaller concerns in 1854; the York, Newcastle and Berwick Railway, York and North Midland Railway and the Leeds Northern Railway. Its headquarters were located in York. |
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Its route from Berwick to Newcastle, Darlington, York and Doncaster became part of the East Coast Main Line. To the north this connected to the North British Railway (over which the North Eastern had running powers as far as Edinburgh in exchange for the North British having running powers from their Border Counties Railway junction at Hexham to Newcastle along the Newcastle and Carlisle Railway). To the South the line connected to the Great Northern Railway and the Midland Railway.
Besides this main route the company owned many other lines. There was also one line in Scotland; from Sprouston to Kelso on the Tweedsmouth to Kelso line.
The company was a 18.75% shareholder in the Forth Bridge Railway.
In 1923 the company was grouped into the London and North Eastern Railway.
Consitituents, routes and formation
| Stockton andDarlington Railway Inc 1821 Opd 1825 (Absorb NER 1863) | Witton Park
(by Shildon) to Stockton Quay
Phoenix Pit Inclines |
| Hull and Selby Railway Inc 1826 Opd 1840 (Purchased NER 1872) | Hull (Manor
House Street, now part of the Central goods depot) Hull New Yard *Hessle *Ferriby *Melton *Brough *Broomfleet Gilberdyke / Staddlethorpe (Jnct for Goole) Eastrington (Crossed over by Hull and Barnsley) North Howden Wressle (Jnct for Market Weighton, York) (Jnct for York) Selby |
| Clarence Railway Inc 1828 Opd 1833 | First rly in
UK opened to compete with another rly
As a result of the threat of competition from this line the S&D extended to Middlesborough Main line - a branch from the S&D at Sim Pasture to new port on north bank (Called Port Clarence to honour the Duke of Clarence who was to become William IV) |
| Newcastle and Carlisle Railway Inc 1829 Opd 1836 (Merge NER 1862) | Already
added but add;
Opened to Redheugh, suburb
of Gateshead in 1837 Note two lines on either side of the river were necessary as Newcastle and Gateshead were both large towns with no railway connection over the Tyne between them. |
| Leeds and Selby Railway Act 1830 Opd 1841 | Selby (Jnct for Doncaster) (Jnct for Cawood) (Jncts onto ECML) (Jncts onto ECML, Gasoigne Wood Jnct?) South Milford Micklefield (Jnct for Castleford) Garforth (Jnct for Wetherby) Cross Gates (Jnct for Hunslet) ?Closed Leeds City |
| Whitby
and Pickering Railway
Inc 1833 Opd 1835 (Preserved as North Yorkshire Moors Rly) |
Pickering Levisham Newtondale Halt Goathland Grosmont Sleights Ruswarp (Jnct for Scarborough/Middlesbrough Line) Whitby |
| Stanhope and Tyne Railway No Act Opd 1834 | Stanhope via Rowlet to Consett, and running east to Dyne Dock, opened Sept same year (via Washington) |
| Great North of England Railway Inc 1836 Opd 1841 | Intention ; York, Leeds,
Newcastle, to continue lines from south But Only York to Darlington built Terminus in York shared with York
and North Midland Rly |
| York and North Midland Railway Inc 1836 Opd 1839 (Whitby and Pickering Railway + Leeds and Selby) | As per above |
| Newcastle & North Shields Rly Act 1836 Opd 1839 | |
| Brandling Junction Rly Act 1836 Opd 1839 | |
| Malton & Diffield Rly Inc 1845 Opd 1853 | |
| Leeds Northern and Thirsk Railway Inc 1845 Opd 1848 | |
| York, Newcastle & Berwick Rly Inc 1847 Opd 1847 (Great North of England + New & North Shields + Brandling + Stanhope) | |
| West Harlepool Harbour & Railways Inc 1852 Opd 1854 (Clarence absorb) | |
| Blyth & Tyne Rly Act 1852 Opd 1860 (Vested NER 1874) | There was a struggle for control of this line between the North Eastern Railway and the North British Railway as it would have given the NBR an independent route into Newcastle complete with a station. |
| North Eastern Railway Amalgamation 1854 (York and North Midland + Malton + York, Newcastle + Leeds Northern + West Harlepool) (Part of LNER) | |
| Londonderry Rly Act 1863 (Retospective) Opd 1855 (Purchased NER 1900) | |
| Hull & Barnsley Rly Inc 1880 Opd 1885 (Merge NER 1922) | |
| Cawood Wiston Rly Inc 1896 Opd 1897 (Purchased NER 1900) |
Others lines
| Newcastle & Berwick Railway dates unknown | |
| Newcastle & Darlington Junction Railway dates unknown | Durham Jnct Rly operated between Washington (on Stanhope and Tyne Railway) to Rainhill Meadows, Leamside - bought by N&D Washington towards Tyne dock was orignal at north end. |
| York and North Midland Railway | Near Leeds to York |
| Bishop Auckland lines | 1 mile away from BA via Shildon
Tunnel in Apr 1842 Ext to Crook (pssng) Nov 1843 BA - Leamside line, via Durham, Apr 1857 BA - Barnard Castle Aug 1863 BA - Spennymoor Dec 1885 Freight from Shildon to Stockton by Electric 1915-1934 North to Blackhill North West via Stanhope to Wearhead on the Weardale line Darlington-BA-Durham used as ECML diversion route BA - Blackhill cut back to Tow Law (for psngers) (just after Crook) May 1939 Spennymoor closed to psg Dec 1939 BA-Weardale cl psg June 1953 Eastgate Cement works closed Mar 1993 (on Weardale line) Tow Law cut back to Crook (psg) 1956 BC closed 1962 Durham cl psg May 1964 Durham cl fr 1968 Crook closed June 1965 Tow Law closed June 1965 Spennymoor to ferryhill cl 1966 BA stn demolished 1986 new stn built by Weardale line Weardale rly has bought BA to Eastgate |
| Cut offs - 1868-71 Durham to Gatehead "Team Valley Line" & Doncaster to York to connect to the Great Northern Railway |
