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Bishop Auckland

Location type

Station

Name and dates

Bishop Auckland (1843-)

Station code: BIA National Rail
Where: North East England, England
Opened on the Bishop Auckland and Weardale Railway.

Chronology Dates

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.
30/06/1848	York, Newcastle and Berwick Railway Proposed Team Valley Railway receives Act for line from Gateshead to Newton Hall to Leamside. Line was to have a branch from Newton Hall to Durham, Relly Mill and Bishop Auckland.
/ /1851	Bishop Auckland Branch (North Eastern Railway) Route altered to run from Leamside to Bishop Auckland via Durham and Relly Mill.

News items

27/09/2019	Seven into Four does go - at Thickley Wood bridge [Rail Engineer]
03/01/2012	It's the end of the line for rural rail service in Weardale [The Advertiser]
30/01/2011	Historic Darlington railway line awarded special status [BBC News]
19/02/2010	Weardale Railway to begin new network services [Northern Echo]