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Blackhill

Location type

Station

Names and dates

Benfieldside (1867-1882)
Consett [2nd] (1882-1885)
Consett and Blackhill (1885-1896)
Blackhill (1896-1955)

Note: text in square brackets is added for clarity and was not part of the location's name.

Opened on the Lanchester Valley Railway Extension (North Eastern Railway).

Nearby stations Consett [3rd] Consett [1st] Shotley Bridge Carr House Hownes Gill Leadgate Ebchester Knitsley Rowley High Westwood Annfield Plain Lintz Green Lanchester Burnhill Waskerley	Consett Colliery Consett Billet Mill Consett Ironworks Consett Plate Mill Consett Open Hearth Pit (Belle Vue?) Carr House West Junction Iron Ore unloading triangle line Consett North Junction Consett Coke Ovens Consett Junction Shed Fell coke ovens Delves Colliery New works locomotive shed Crookhall ^Victory^ Colliery
Location names in dark blue are on the same original line.

Chronology Dates

/ /1867	Lanchester Valley Railway Extension (North Eastern Railway) Line opened from Scotswood (Scotswood Bridge Junction) to Consett [1st] (which was replaced by Benfieldside, located a little further north).
02/12/1867	Lanchester Valley Railway Extension (North Eastern Railway) Benfieldside, Lintz Green opened.
01/11/1882	Lanchester Valley Railway Extension (North Eastern Railway) Benfieldside renamed Consett [2nd].
01/05/1885	Lanchester Valley Railway Extension (North Eastern Railway) Consett [2nd] renamed Consett and Blackhill.
01/05/1896	Lanchester Valley Railway Extension (North Eastern Railway) Consett and Blackhill renamed Blackhill.
23/05/1955	Lanchester Valley Railway Extension (North Eastern Railway) Blackhill closed.
/ /1963	Lanchester Valley Railway Extension (North Eastern Railway) Blackhill to Blaydon South Junction closed.
/ /1982	Lanchester Valley Railway (North Eastern Railway) Lanchester Railway Extension (North Eastern Railway) Consett North Junction to Blackhill closed to freight.