Date: 21/07/2011

Up to 150,000 tonnes per annum of high quality coking coal, from the Park Wall North surface mine in the Wear Valley, will be shipped to the market over a three year period using a new coal transload facility at Wolsingham.

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The 12.35 Weardale Railway DMU from Stanhope approaches its destination at Bishop Auckland West on 30 September 2010. [See image 30987]
Location: Bishop Auckland West
Company: Bishop Auckland and Weardale Railway
30/09/2010 John Furnevel

View southeast from Newgate Street Road Bridge towards Shildon on 4 November 2007 with Bishop Auckland station immediately behind the camera. The former Wearhead branch line is currently disconnected at the junction although further up the branch the Weardale Railway group remains active in the Wolsingham/Stanhope area despite the past financial difficulties that have dogged the project.
Location: Bishop Auckland
Company: Bishop Auckland and Weardale Railway
04/11/2007 John Furnevel

Hard by Wolsingham Steelworks is the Wolsingham Railway Centre, base of operations for the re-opening of the Weardale Railway, seen here in September 2006.
Location: Wolsingham Steelworks
Company: Wear Valley Railway
26/09/2006 Ewan Crawford