Eston [1st]
Location type
StationNames and dates
Eston [1st] (1853-1877)Southbank (1877-1882)
Eston [1st] (1882-1885)
Note: text in square brackets is added for clarity and was not part of the location's name.
Opened on the Middlesbrough and Redcar Railway.Description
This station was located just west of Eston Junction [1st], the junction between the Middlesbrough and Redcar Railway and the minerals only Eston Iron Mines (Teesside Ironworks). It is shown at the junction on the Ordnance Survey map dated survey 1853 and published 1857. The station building is shown on the north side of the line.
The station is thought to have been rebuilt around 1864.
It was renamed Southbank in 1877. With the opening of a new South Bank [1st] station to the west in 1882 it was renamed back to Eston. The station was closed and replaced by Eston Grange in 1885, a little further to the east.
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Eston Junction [Station]Chronology Dates
| / /1877 | Middlesbrough and Redcar Railway Eston renamed Southbank. |
| / /1882 | Middlesbrough and Redcar Railway South Bank [1st] opened. Southbank renamed Eston. |
