Hetton

Location type

Station

Name and dates

Hetton

Opened on the Durham and Sunderland Railway.

Chronology Dates

17/01/1854Londonderry Railway
Hetton coal train runs from Seaham [1st] to Sunderland Dock via new line as far as Ryhope and Durham and Sunderland Railway to Hendon Dock. The connection at Ryhope was temporary for the ceremonial occasion.

News items

08/07/2020George Stephenson's links to Hetton rail engine proved false [BBC News]

Books


Line Diagrams of the North Eastern Railway. Stockton - Hartlepool - Sunderland - Newcastle

Railways of Sunderland

Sunderland's Railways

Tynemouth, Sunderland and NE Coalfield 1895: One Inch Sheet 15 and 21 (Old Ordnance Survey Maps - Inch to the Mile)