Shildon
Location type
StationName and dates
Shildon (1842-)Station code: SHD National Rail
Where: North East England, England
Opened on the Shildon Tunnel (Stockton and Darlington Railway).
Description
This is a two platform station. The signal box at the south east end dates from 1887, built for the North Eastern Railway.
The nearby Shildon Coal Drops, just to the south, are a form of coaling bench. Coal was dropped to the locomotives / tenders below.
NRM Shildon is just to the east on the site of part of Shildon Yard.
Tags
Station
| Nearby stations Shildon [1st] Tunnel Junction [Shildon] Southchurch Newton Aycliffe Bishop Auckland Coundon Bishop Auckland West Bishop Auckland [NER] Heighington West Auckland Aycliffe Byers Green [3rd] Witton Park for Escomb Byers Green [1st] Hunwick | Shildon South Junction Shildon Coal Drops Coke Works Shildon Goods Soho Works Thickley Quarry Masons Arms Level Crossing Shildon Works Wagon Works Shildon Works Engine Shed Shildon Yard Shildon Tunnel Edin Pit Shildon Lodge Colliery Shildon Incline Tourist/other NRM Shildon |
| Location names in dark blue are on the same original line. | |
Chronology Dates
| / /1825 | Stockton and Darlington Railway Line opened from Witton Park (by Shildon) to Stockton Quay. |
| / /1827 | Black Boy Branch (Stockton and Darlington Railway) Line opened from Shildon to the Black Boy Incline to the Black Boy Colliery, Adelaide Pit, Eldon Pit and Deanery Pit. |
