This was a short (8.5 miles) line running from Wingate to Ferryhill. The apparently grand title is due to the lines with which it connected.
03/07/1837 | Great North of England, Clarence and Hartlepool Junction Railway Act passed for short (8.5 miles) Wingate to Ferryhill line. |
18/03/1839 | Great North of England, Clarence and Hartlepool Junction Railway Wingate to Kelloe Bank opened. Bank was originally a rope worked incline. |
/10/1846 | Great North of England, Clarence and Hartlepool Junction Railway Passenger service begin between Hartlepool and Ferryhill. |
22/07/1848 | Hartlepool Dock and Railway
Great North of England, Clarence and Hartlepool Junction Railway Both companies leased by the York, Newcastle and Berwick Railway at George Hudson's instruction. |
01/01/1923 | Great North of England, Clarence and Hartlepool Junction Railway Merged into the London and North Eastern Railway. Previously leased by the North Eastern Railway. |
09/06/1952 | Great North of England, Clarence and Hartlepool Junction Railway Closed to passengers. |
This line is divided into a number of portions.