Durham and Sunderland Railway
Dates
| 13/08/1834 | Durham and Sunderland Railway Act passed. Intended to connect to the (never built) Durham branch of the Hartlepool Dock and Railway and run north east to Sunderland. |
| 05/07/1836 | Durham and Sunderland Railway First coal passes along the line. |
| 30/08/1836 | Durham and Sunderland Railway Opened from South Dock (Sunderland) to Haswell. Initially no connection made to Hartlepool Dock and Railway at Haswell. |
| 30/06/1837 | Durham and Sunderland Railway Act to divert Durham branch from Gilesgate to Shincliffe. Whitwell to Quarrington Branch and westward extension to Brandon also included. |
| 28/06/1839 | Durham and Sunderland Railway Murton to Shincliffe branch opened. |
| 27/07/1846 | Durham and Sunderland Railway Act passed to allow Newcastle and Darlington Junction Railway to purchase line. |
| 27/07/1846 | Newcastle and Darlington Junction Railway Act for line from north of Sherburn to Shincliffe and on to Bishop Auckland. There was to be a triangular junction for access to the Durham and Sunderland Railway's Durham Elvet station. Line not built. |
| 17/01/1854 | Londonderry Railway Hetton coal train runs from Seaham [1st] to Sunderland Dock via new line as far as Ryhope and Durham and Sunderland Railway to Hendon Dock. The connection at Ryhope was temporary for the ceremonial occasion. |
| 03/08/1854 | Londonderry Railway Line opened throughout. From Ryhope to Hendon Dock the line ran parallel to the Durham and Sunderland Railway. |
| / /1855 | Durham and Sunderland Railway
Hartlepool Dock and Railway Following a North Eastern Railway study of Sunderland to Hartlepool services a connection at Haswell, alterations at Seaton and Murton and a new staton for Sunderland are recommended. |
| 01/05/1858 | Durham and Sunderland Railway Hendon station built 880 yards south to the replace former Sunderland station which was on the Town Moor just west of the South Dock locomotive shed. |
| / /1879 | Durham and Sunderland Railway Hendon station closed on opening of new Sunderland station. |
| 19/08/1889 | Durham and Sunderland Railway Liverpool to Newcastle train runs down Ryhope bank at too high a speed and derails at Ryhope injuring 101 passengers. Following accident all trains descending the bank were required to stop at Ryhope. |
| / /1893 | Durham and Sunderland Railway Shincliffe closed and replaced by Durham Elvet terminus. |
| 01/01/1931 | Durham and Sunderland Railway Sunderland to Durham (Elvet) service cut back to Pittington. 'Miner's Gala' traffic continued to use Elvet. |
| 09/06/1952 | Durham and Sunderland Railway
Hartlepool Dock and Railway Sunderland to West Hartlepool service via Haswell withdrawn. |
| 05/01/1953 | Durham and Sunderland Railway Sunderland to Pittington service withdrawn. |
| / /1960 | Durham and Sunderland Railway Restriction requiring trains to stop at Ryhope lifted. |
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