Durham Elvet
View west along the embankment of the line into the terminus at Durham Elvet in May 2015. The building is the Clubhouse of Durham RFC, built on the site of the station throat. Elvet was Durham's fourth station, opened in 1893 when the NER extended the branch into (just) the city. The site of the station buildings is now occupied by the Magistrates court. Passenger services were short-lived with withdrawal in Jan 1931. However on one day per year, until final closure in 1954 the station was one of Britain's busiest. This was the annual Durham Miners Gala when excursions ran from many of the county's pit villages to Elvet, emptying onto the racecourse. Attendance at the Gala in its heyday would be 150,000 plus (city population 20,000!).
Location: Durham Elvet (former)
Original line: Durham Elvet Branch (North Eastern Railway)
Photographer: Brian Taylor
Contact photographer: Brian Taylor
Date: 02/05/2015
Image number: 51759
