Waterhouses (County Durham) railway station

Waterhouses
Waterhouses station, 1958
Location
Place	Esh Winning
Area	County Durham
Grid reference	NZ192416
Operations
Original company	North Eastern Railway
Pre-grouping	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
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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^[1] was demolished and the site is now a park. The trackbed now forms part of the Deerness Valley Railway Path.^[2]

Deerness Valley Railway
Locale County Durham Track gauge 4 ft 8 1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) Length 8 miles (13 km)
East Coast Main Line to Chester-Le-Street Durham Lanchester Valley Railway to Consett Durham to Bishop Auckland Line to Bishop Auckland East Coast Main Line to Darlington Ushaw Moor New Brancepeth Colliery Ushaw Moor Colliery Hamsteels, Esh, and Cornsay collieries Waterhouses Waterhouses Colliery East Hedley Hope Colliery Stanley Inclines Stanley Drift Mines Wooley Colliery Bank Foot Coke Works/Chemical Plant Stanhope and Tyne Railway to Consett Crook West Durham Railway to Byers Green Weardale Extension Railway to Bishop Auckland

References

External links

• Waterhouses station on navigable 1948 O. S. map

Coordinates: 54°46′08″N 1°42′12″W / 54.7688°N 1.7033°W / 54.7688; -1.7033