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Wear Valley Railway

Dates

/ /1847	Wear Valley Railway Line opened from Etherley (Wear Valley Junction, then simply known as Junction) to Frosterley with a branch to Bishopley Quarry.
/ /1847	Stanhope and Tyne Railway South of Carr House transferred from the Derwent Iron Company to the Wear Valley Railway.
/ /1847	Stanhope and Tyne Railway Parkhead Deviation (Wear Valley Railway) The Wear Valley Railway re-aligns a portion of the former Stanhope and Tyne Railway between Parkhead Junction and Frosterley Cut.

Locations along the line

These locations are along the line.

Wear Valley Junction

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Bishop Auckland and Weardale Railway

Looking east at the site of Wear Valley Junction station. The curved track seen here is the line running westwards to Eastgate. The junction was to ...
Ewan Crawford 26/09/2006

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Witton-le-Wear [2nd]

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Witton-le-Wear looking east. The station was on the far side of the level crossing. ...
Ewan Crawford 26/09/2006

The level crossing and gatekeepers accommodation at the bottom of Station Road, Witton-le-Wear, on the Weardale Railway. Note the groundframe to the ...
John Furnevel 08/05/2006

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Witton-le-Wear [1st]

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Witton-le-Wear looking west towards Wolsingham and Wearhead from the level crossing in September 2006. The station was situated behind the camera. ...
Ewan Crawford 26/09/2006

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Harperley

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Wolsingham

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In the centre of the main part of Wolsingham Station, platform side, there is a canopied recess, by the exit from what was possibly the former ticket ...
David Pesterfield 11/08/2020

View of the ornate former Wolsingham Station building, seen looking westerly, alongside the platform of the Weardale Railway station, The railway is ...
David Pesterfield 11/08/2020

In the centre of the main part of Wolsingham Station, platform side, there is a canopied recess, by the exit from what was possibly the former ticket ...
David Pesterfield 11/08/2020

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Bishopley Junction

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Frosterley

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Frosterley and Stanhope Railway

Class 122 no.55012 heads west from Frosterley with a Weardale Railway Trust service to Stanhope on 15 March 2015. ...
John McIntyre 15/03/2015

Class 122 railcar no 55012 calls at Frosterley on 15 March 2015 on its way from Wolsingham to Stanhope with the last train of the day. The service was ...
John McIntyre 15/03/2015

Looking north-west across the River Wear towards Frosterley on 15 March 2015, showing the bridge abutment of a line that left the Wear Valley Railway ...
John McIntyre 15/03/2015

The RCTS North Eastern No.2 Rail Tour at Frosterley on the Wearhead branch on 10 April 1965. Locomotive in charge is K4 No.3442 The Great ...
K A Gray 10/04/1965

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