Bishop Auckland Branch (North Eastern Railway)

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Introduction

Portions of the Bishop Auckland branch remain - as part of the East Coast Main Line through Durham station.






Dates

  /  /1851Bishop Auckland Branch (North Eastern Railway)
Route altered to run from Leamside to Bishop Auckland via Durham and Relly Mill.
01/04/1857Bishop Auckland Branch (North Eastern Railway)
Line opened.
  /  /1877Lanchester Valley Railway (North Eastern Railway)
Spurs opened from Baxter Wood No 1 Junction to Baxter Wood No 2 Junction where a spur split to Dearness Valley Junction (Bishop Auckland Branch (North Eastern Railway)) and Bridge House Junction (Team Valley Railway (North Eastern Railway)).
  /  /1964Bishop Auckland Branch (North Eastern Railway)
Partially closed.

Locations along the line

These locations are along the line.




Bishop Auckland West Junction

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See also
Bishop Auckland and Weardale Railway





Bishop Auckland

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A former Tees-Tyne Pullman loco headboard seen mounted on the wall in the Morrisons supermarket at Bishop Auckland. ...
David Pesterfield 29/05/2023
A nameplate from the Gresley D49/2 Hunt class 4-4-0 loco 62773 'The South Durham' which is on display at the Morrison superstore in Bishop Auckland, ...
David Pesterfield 29/05/2023
A nameplate for Gresley West Highland Line Class K4 61994 'The Great Marquess', seen on display at the Morrisons Supermarket in Bishop Auckland. ...
David Pesterfield 29/05/2023
A Northern Pacer awaiting its departure time amongst the colourful planters and hanging baskets at Bishop Auckland station on 30 September 2010. The ...
John Furnevel 30/09/2010
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Bishop Auckland [NER]

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Newton Cap Viaduct

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Spanning the River Wear at Newton Cap in County Durham is a former railway viaduct, completed in 1857 to carry the NER route from Durham into Bishop ...
John Furnevel 30/09/2010
The north end of Newton Cap Viaduct on 30 September 2010 looking west from a track alongside the appropriately named 'Eleven Arches Golf Range'. The ...
John Furnevel 30/09/2010
The impressive Newton Cap Viaduct, opened in 1857 to bring the North Eastern Railway route south from Durham over the River Wear into Bishop Auckland. ...
John Furnevel 30/09/2010
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Newton Cap Colliery

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Hunwick

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The former two platform station at Hunwick, on the Bishop Auckland to Durham line, closed in 1964. A coal mine and brick works once stood close by but ...
Mark Bartlett 27/11/2012
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Hunwick Colliery

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Bowden Close Junction

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Willington [Y and NR]

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Hardly a trace of the Bishop Auckland to Durham railway remains in Willington. This view in November 2012 would have been taken from between the ...
Mark Bartlett 27/11/2012
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Brancepeth

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The station building at Brancepeth on the former Durham - Bishop Auckland route, seen here in November 2012. The station itself closed in 1964 ...
Mark Bartlett 27/11/2012
Brancepeth station, on the old Durham to Bishop Auckland line, as seen from the trackbed cycle path looking north east towards the next station at ...
Mark Bartlett 27/11/2012
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Brandon Colliery

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Appearances can be deceptive at the site of Brandon Colliery station in County Durham. The line from Durham to Bishop Auckland closed in 1964 and ...
Mark Bartlett 27/11/2012
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Deerness Valley Junction

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Waterhouses Branch (North Eastern Railway)
An East Coast HST, led by 43272, powers away from Durham heading south. The train is passing the site of Deerness Valley Junction where lines to ...
Mark Bartlett 27/11/2012
GBRf 66739, formerly Freightliner 66579, heads a long train of coal hoppers north at Deeerness Valley Junction, just south of Durham station. This ...
Mark Bartlett 27/11/2012
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Relly Mill Junction

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Lanchester Valley Railway (North Eastern Railway)





Durham

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66024, Doncaster to Tyne yard long welded rail train, crossing Durham viaduct in 2015. ...
Roger Geach 16/04/2015
XC 09.25 Plymouth to Aberdeen calls at Durham four minutes down at 16.21. ...
Colin Miller 20/09/2016
A northbound TPE service comes off the viaduct on the approach to Durham station in March 2015. ...
John McIntyre 16/03/2015
Northbound Virgin train at Durham. ...
Ewan Crawford //
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Newton Hall Junction

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Belmont Viaduct

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Half way along the abandoned link (closed 1964) between the ECML and the Leamside line north of Durham stands Belmont Viaduct which carried the ...
John Thorn /01/1968
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Auckland Junction

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See also
Newcastle and Darlington Junction Railway





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