Bishop Auckland Branch (North Eastern Railway)

Introduction

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






Locations along the line

These locations are along the line.



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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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