Haswell | |
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General information | |
Location | Haswell, County Durham England |
Platforms | 2 |
Other information | |
Status | Disused |
History | |
Original company | Hartlepool Dock and Railway Company |
Pre-grouping | Durham and Sunderland Railway |
Post-grouping | LNER British Railways (North Eastern Region) |
Key dates | |
April 1837 | Opened |
1858 | Resited |
9 June 1952 | Closed |
Haswell railway station served the village of Haswell, County Durham, England, from 1837 to 1952 on the Hartlepool Dock and Railway.
History
[edit]First station
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Coordinates:
54°47′11″N 1°25′06″W / 54.7865°N 1.4184°W
It opened to goods on 23 November 1835, by the Hartlepool Dock and Railway Company. The station opened for passengers in April 1837. It closed in 1858 and was resited.[1][2]
Second station
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Coordinates:
54°47′04″N 1°24′54″W / 54.7845°N 1.4149°W
The second site of the station opened in 1858. It had a station building on the northbound platform and a signal box immediately to the north. It closed to passengers on 9 June 1952. Nothing remains.[3][2]
References
[edit]- ^ "Haswell 1st railway station (site),... © Nigel Thompson cc-by-sa/2.0 :: Geograph Britain and Ireland". Geograph. Retrieved 30 January 2021.
- ^ a b Quick, M E (2002). Railway passenger stations in England, Scotland and Wales - a chronology. Richmond: Railway and Canal Historical Society. p. 217. OCLC 931112387.
- ^ "Haswell 2nd railway station (site),... © Nigel Thompson cc-by-sa/2.0 :: Geograph Britain and Ireland". Geograph. Retrieved 30 January 2021.
External links
[edit]Preceding station | Disused railways | Following station | ||
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Shotton Bridge Line and station closed |
Hartlepool Dock and Railway | South Hetton Line and station closed |