Belmont Junction railway station (Durham)

Belmont Junction railway station was a railway station that served the civil parish of Belmont in County Durham, North East England, from 1844 to 1857. It was located at the junction between the main line and Gilesgate branch of the Newcastle and Darlington Junction Railway.

This article is about the former station in Durham, England. For other stations called Belmont, see Belmont railway station.

Belmont Junction
The site of the station in 2021
General information
LocationBelmont, County Durham
England
Coordinates54.7972°N 1.5206°W / 54.7972; -1.5206
Grid referenceNZ309448
Platforms2
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original companyNewcastle & Darlington Junction Railway
Pre-groupingYork, Newcastle and Berwick Railway
North Eastern Railway
Key dates
15 April 1844 (1844-04-15)Opened as Belmont
1852Renamed Belmont Junction
1 April 1857 (1857-04-01)Closed completely

History

The station opened as Belmont on 15 April 1844 by the Newcastle & Darlington Junction Railway. It was situated north of the railway bridge over the A690, close to junction 62 of the A1. The station name was changed to Belmont Junction in 1852. The station ceased to have a purpose when the North Eastern Railway opened its branch from Leamside to Bishop Auckland, on which the present day Durham station is located. This station is far closer to the centre of Durham than the former station at Gilesgate was and thus the Gilesgate branch and Belmont Junction closed to all traffic on 1 April 1857.[1][2]

References
  1. "Disused Stations: Belmont Junction". Disused Stations. Retrieved 30 March 2017.
  2. Quick, M E (2002). Railway passenger stations in England, Scotland and Wales - a chronology. Richmond: Railway and Canal Historical Society. p. 73. OCLC 931112387.
Preceding station   Disused railways   Following station
Durham (Gilesgate)
Line and station closed		   Newcastle & Darlington Junction Railway
Leamside line		   Leamside
Line and station closed
Sherburn Colliery
Line and station closed		    


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