Guisborough Junction
Location type
JunctionName and dates
Guisborough Junction (1853-)Station code: National Rail
Opened on the Middlesbrough and Guisborough Railway.
Opened on the Middlesbrough and Redcar Railway.
Description
This junction is directly east of Middlesbrough station. It is the junction between the 1846 line east to Redcar Central (most of the line being the former Middlesbrough and Redcar Railway) and the 1853 branch line to Nunthorpe (the former Middlesbrough and Guisborough Railway, although Guisborough is no longer served).
The main line is double track and branch single track. The goods lines which bypass Middlesbrough station to its north also bypass the junction.
The layout has been altered over the years and it is in much reduced form.
Tags
JunctionChronology Dates
| / /1846 | Middlesbrough and Redcar Railway Line opened from Middlesbrough (passenger connection) and Guisborough Junction (goods/mineral), both off the Middlesbrough Branch (Stockton and Darlington Railway), to Redcar [1st]. Stations opened at Middlesbrough, Cleveland Port, Redcar [1st]. |
