Aycliffe railway station
Appearance
Aycliffe | |
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![]() Site of the station in 1991 | |
General information | |
Location | Aycliffe, County Durham England |
Platforms | 2 |
Other information | |
Status | Disused |
History | |
Original company | Newcastle and Darlington Junction Railway |
Pre-grouping | North Eastern Railway |
Post-grouping | London and North Eastern Railway |
Key dates | |
19 June 1844 | Station opened |
2 March 1953 | Station closed |
Aycliffe railway station served the village of Aycliffe in County Durham, England. The railway station was served by trains on the East Coast Main Line between Darlington and Durham.
History
[edit]Opened by the Newcastle and Darlington Junction Railway, and then the North Eastern Railway, it became part of the London and North Eastern Railway during the Grouping of 1923, passing on to the Eastern Region of British Railways during the nationalisation of 1948. It was then closed by British Railways.
The site today
[edit]Trains still pass at speed on the now electrified East Coast Main Line.
References
[edit]- Butt, R. V. J. (October 1995). The Directory of Railway Stations: details every public and private passenger station, halt, platform and stopping place, past and present (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 978-1-85260-508-7. OCLC 60251199. OL 11956311M.
- Jowett, Alan (2000). Jowett's Nationalised Railway Atlas (1st ed.). Penryn, Cornwall: Atlantic Transport Publishers. ISBN 978-0-906899-99-1. OCLC 228266687.
- Jowett, Alan (March 1989). Jowett's Railway Atlas of Great Britain and Ireland: From Pre-Grouping to the Present Day (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 978-1-85260-086-0. OCLC 22311137.
- Station on navigable O.S. map
Preceding station | Historical railways | Following station | ||
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Darlington Bank Top Line and station open |
North Eastern Railway East Coast Main Line |
Bradbury Line open, station closed |
54°35′46″N 1°33′32″W / 54.596°N 1.559°W
Categories:
- Former North Eastern Railway (UK) stations
- Disused railway stations in County Durham
- Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1844
- Railway stations in Great Britain closed in 1953
- 1844 establishments in England
- 1953 disestablishments in England
- Newton Aycliffe
- County Durham building and structure stubs
- North East England railway station stubs