Waterhouses (County Durham) railway station

Waterhouses
Location
Place Esh Winning
Area County Durham
Grid reference NZ192416
Operations
Original company North Eastern Railway
Post-grouping LNER
Platforms 1
History
1 November 1877 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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Waterhouses railway station, on the Deerness Valley Railway, south of the village of Esh Winning in County Durham, was opened on 1 November 1877 by the North Eastern Railway[1]. The station served as the passenger terminus of the line, although goods wagons continued to East Hedley Hope and Waterhouses collieries.

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 the site is now a park. 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
Ushaw Moor   LNER
Deerness Valley Railway
  Terminus

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