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Rowley railway station (England)

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(Redirected from Rowley railway station) Disused railway station in Rowley and Castleside, County Durham

Rowley
General information
LocationRowley, County Durham
England
Coordinates54°49′33″N 1°51′58″W / 54.8259°N 1.866°W / 54.8259; -1.866
Grid referenceNZ087479
Platforms2
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original companyStockton and Darlington Railway
Pre-groupingNorth Eastern Railway
Post-groupingLNER
Key dates
1 September 1845 (1845-09-01)Opened as Cold Rowley
1 July 1868Renamed Rowley
1 May 1939Closed to passengers
6 June 1966 (1966-06-06)Closed completely
1972Dismantled
1976Reopened at Beamish Museum

Rowley railway station served the hamlet of Rowley and the village of Castleside in County Durham, England from 1845 to 1966 on the Derwent Railway.

History

Rowley's original station buildings in 2011, seen following their translocation to Beamish Museum.

The station was opened on 1 September 1845 as Cold Rowley as a stop on the Derwent Railway route from Consett to Crook but was renamed Rowley on 1 July 1868. It was situated on the west side of the A68 on what is now the Waskerley Way cycle track which passes through the station site. The goods traffic that was handled at the station was ganister (stone) and livestock. By 1931, passenger numbers had declined to 2,548 and to 753 in 1938, which led to its inevitable passenger closure on 1 May 1939. The station was still open to goods traffic with a single track in the 1950s until it closed completely on 6 June 1966. The line through the station continued to carry mineral traffic until 1 May 1969 and was then dismantled in 1970.

By the 1970s, the station buildings had fallen into disrepair however in 1972 the station buildings were dismantled for reassembly at the North of England Open Air Museum at Beamish. The relocated Rowley station was opened to public as a museum exhibit in 1976 and is presented as a North Eastern Railway station during the Edwardian period.

References

  1. ^ "Disused Stations: Rowley". Disused Stations. Retrieved 29 March 2017.
  2. "Rowley Station - Beamish". Retrieved 7 May 2017.

External links

Preceding station Historical railways Following station
Burnhill
Line and station closed
  North Eastern Railway
Derwent Railway
  Blackhill
Line and station closed
    Consett
Line and station closed
Closed railway stations in County Durham
Derwent Valley Railway
Stanhope and Tyne Railway
NER Annfield and Beamish Deviations
Durham and Sunderland Railway
NER Elvet Branch
Lanchester Valley Railway
Leamside line
Wear Valley Railway
Weardale Extension Railway
Great North of England, Clarence
and Hartlepool Junction Railway
Deerness Valley Railway
Durham to Bishop Auckland Line
Bishop Auckland and Weardale Railway
East Coast Main Line
Durham Coast Line
Hartlepool Dock and Railway
Stockton and Hartlepool Railway
Clarence Railway
Simpasture Branch
Port Clarence Branch
Byers Green Branch and NER Extension
Castle Eden Railway
Darlington and Barnard Castle Railway
South Durham and Lancashire Union Railway
Stockton and Darlington Railway
Tees Valley Railway
Tanfield Waggonway
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