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Hartlepool Dock and Railway

Dates

01/06/1832	Hartlepool Dock and Railway Act passed for line from Moorsley, by Houghton-le-Spring, to Hartlepool and for construction of a dock at Hartlepool. Branches from Shotton to Ittington (Littletown branch), Shadforth to Thornley, and Castle Eden to Cassop were included. Not all lines were built as planned.
16/06/1834	Hartlepool Dock and Railway City of Durham branch authorised from Pittington branch at Ludworth to Gilsgate by Durham. Line not built.
16/06/1834	Durham Junction Railway Act passed. Intended to connect to the (never built) Durham branch of the Hartlepool Dock and Railway and run north to Gateshead. As a result the line terminated at Rainton Meadows instead of running through to Gillesgate.
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.
01/01/1835	Hartlepool Dock and Railway Thornley branch reaches Thornley.
23/11/1835	Hartlepool Dock and Railway Hartlepool to Haswell opened. Line to Moorsley not completed. Littletown branch terminated between Thornley and Ludworth.
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.
18/03/1839	Hartlepool Dock and Railway Cassop branch partly opened although rest of line partly prepared.
/05/1839	Stockton and Hartlepool Railway Construction begins without Act. Line built to extend Clarence Railway to the better Victoria Dock [Hartlepool] of the Hartlepool Dock and Railway. Port Clarence was tidal.
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.
/ /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.
/ /1874	Hartlepool Dock and Railway Rope worked Hesleden Bank re-laid on easier gradient for locomotives.
/ /1939	Hartlepool Dock and Railway Hartlepool locomotive shed closed. Engines transferred to West Hartlepool shed.
16/06/1947	Hartlepool Dock and Railway West Hartlepool Harbour and Railway Company Line between Hartlepool and West Hartlepool closed to public.
09/06/1952	Durham and Sunderland Railway Hartlepool Dock and Railway Sunderland to West Hartlepool service via Haswell withdrawn.
23/03/1964	Hartlepool Dock and Railway West Hartlepool Harbour and Railway Company Hartlepool to West Hartlepool line closed to school trains.
/ /1972	Hartlepool Dock and Railway Coal staithes at Victoria Dock demolished.

Locations along the line

These locations are along the line.

This was a two platform, later expanded to four when the North Eastern Railway's line from Cemetery North Junction [2nd] opened to Seaton. The junction between the two lines was not at the station itself, but much closer to Hartlepool at Cemetery North Junction [2nd].
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Hesleden

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Castle Eden

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Highways England please note: it is possible to reinforce a bridge over a disused railway (just by Castle Eden station, out of sight beyond the bridge ...
Ken Strachan 28/07/2021

The former Castle Eden Station platform area in November 2009, looking east towards Hesleden and Hartlepool from the adjacent road overbridge. ...
David Pesterfield 08/11/2009

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