Consett East Junction

Location type

Junction

Name and dates

Consett East Junction

Opened on the Stanhope and Tyne Railroad.

Chronology Dates

  /  /1896Consett Curve (North Eastern Railway)
Curve opened from Consett East Junction (Stanhope and Tyne Railway) to Consett North Junction (Lanchester Valley Railway (North Eastern Railway)), coinciding with the opening of Consett [3rd]. The curve flew over the top of the Lanchester line.
  /  /1969Stanhope and Tyne Railway Consett South Curve (North Eastern Railway)
Closed from Whitehill Junction to Hownes Gill Junction to Consett East Junction, and from Hownes Gill Junction to Consett South Junction.
  /  /1982Consett Curve (North Eastern Railway)
The whole curve, Consett North Junction to Consett East Junction, is closed entirely.
  /  /1982Stanhope and Tyne Railway
Line closed from Consett East Junction to Consett [3rd].