Beamish railway station
Beamish was a railway station which served the village of Beamish in County Durham, North East England, from 1894 to 1953. The station was built by the North Eastern Railway on the Beamish Deviation Line off of the earlier Stanhope and Tyne Railway.
Beamish | |
|---|---|
 The site of the station in 1965 | |
| General information | |
| Location | Beamish, County Durham England |
| Coordinates | 54.8769°N 1.6526°W |
| Other information | |
| Status | Disused |
| History | |
| Original company | North Eastern Railway |
| Pre-grouping | North Eastern Railway |
| Post-grouping | |
| Key dates | |
| 1 February 1894 | Opened |
| 21 September 1953 | Closed to passengers |
| 2 August 1960 | Closed to goods |
History
The station opened on 1 February 1894 by the North Eastern Railway. The signal box was to the south and to the east was a goods shed with four sidings and a loading bank. Passenger numbers started to decline in the 1920s when bus services were introduced. This led to the station closing on 21 September 1953.[1] It remained open to goods until 2 August 1960. The station itself was demolished but the signal box remained until 1982. After it was demolished, the signal box from Carrhouse was dismantled and installed at the nearby Beamish Museum.[2]
Accident
On 9 December 1964, twenty three coal wagons uncoupled from a shunter and ran down the line until colliding with another goods train. This resulted in one death and the line being blocked for several days. Sixty men had to work on cleaning up the debris while the trains were diverted via Lanchester.[2]
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| Preceding station | Historical railways | Following station | ||
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| Pelton Line and station closed |
North Eastern Railway Stanhope and Tyne Railway |
West Stanley Line and station closed | ||