Burnhill Junction

Location type

Junction

Name and dates

Burnhill Junction

Opened on the Weardale Extension Railway (Derwent Iron Company).
Opened on the Nanny Mayor's Incline Deviation (Stockton and Darlington Railway).


Chronology Dates

  /  /1859Stanhope and Tyne Railway
Nanny Mayor's Incline closed, replaced by the Nanny Mayor's Incline Deviation (Stockton and Darlington Railway) (and reversal at Burnhill Junction).
  /  /1859Nanny Mayor's Incline Deviation (Stockton and Darlington Railway)
Opened from Burnhill Junction to Whitehill Junction. Burnhill Junction [Station] opened.
  /  /1952Weardale Extension Railway (Derwent Iron Company)
Closed from Burnhill Junction to Blackfield Siding.
  /  /1968Weardale Extension Railway (Derwent Iron Company)
Closed from Waskerley to Burnhill Junction.
  /  /1969Nanny Mayor's Incline Deviation (Stockton and Darlington Railway)
Closed from Burnhill Junction to Whitehill Junction. Later used to access Burn Hill MOD and Burnhill.