Ushaw Moor railway station

Ushaw Moor
Location
Place Ushaw Moor
Area County Durham
Grid reference NZ227422
Operations
Line Deerness Valley Railway
Original company North Eastern Railway
Pre-grouping North Eastern Railway
Post-grouping LNER
Platforms 2 (originally 1)
History
1 September 1884 Opened
29 October 1951 Closed to passengers
28 December 1964 Closed to freight
Disused railway stations in the United Kingdom
Closed railway stations in Britain
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Ushaw Moor railway station, was a station on the Deerness Valley Railway, south of the village of Ushaw Moor in County Durham, was opened on 1 September 1884 by the North Eastern Railway[1].

The station closed to passengers on 29 October 1951, and freight on 28 December 1964. The stone and timber built station[2] was demolished and few traces of it remain. The trackbed now forms part of the Deerness Valley Railway Path [3].

      Deerness Valley Railway 
Locale County Durham
Track gauge 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 12 in)
Legend
   Durham to Bishop Auckland Line
   Durham to Bishop Auckland Line
Ushaw Moor
  New Brancepeth Colliery
  Ushaw Moor Colliery
   Hamsteels, Esh, and
Cornsay collieries
Waterhouses
  Waterhouses Colliery
East Hedley Hope Colliery
Preceding station Disused railways Following station
Deerness Valley Junction   LNER
Deerness Valley Railway
  Waterhouses

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