RAILSCOT | Hownes Gill Junction

Junction

This was the junction between the 1858 re-aligned portion of the Stanhope and Tyne Railroad, which crossed the Hownes Gill Viaduct just to the south west, and the 1868 curve to the Lanchester Valley Railway (North Eastern Railway) at Consett South Junction.

The junction allowed trains from the south west to take either the route to Consett Steel Works and the Lanchester Valley Railway Extension (North Eastern Railway) or the Stanhope and Tyne Railroad route.

The signal box was on the west side of the junction (with the original course of the S&T behind it, to the west).

The junction closed in 1969, with the curve and the S&T closing in the immediate vicinity.

The location is now a footpath. The alignment north to Consett South Junction has been ploughed out.

Junction

Nearby stations Hownes Gill Consett [1st] Rowley Consett [3rd] Blackhill Knitsley Carr House Leadgate Shotley Bridge Ebchester Burnhill Waskerley Salter^s Gate Cottage Lanchester High Westwood	Hownes Gill Viaduct Consett South Junction Consett East Junction Consett Low Yard Consett Junction Shed Consett Coke Ovens Consett North Junction Hownsgill Platemill Iron Ore unloading triangle line Consett Open Hearth New works locomotive shed Consett Plate Mill Consett Ironworks Consett Billet Mill Fell coke ovens
Location names in dark blue are on the same original line.

/ /1868	Consett South Curve (North Eastern Railway) Opened from Hownes Gill Junction (Stanhope and Tyne Railway) to Consett South Junction (Lanchester Valley Railway (North Eastern Railway)).
/ /1969	Stanhope 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.