Coundon railway station

For the former station in Coventry, see Coundon Road railway station.

Coundon
Site of Coundon station in September 1991
General information
LocationNew Coundon, County Durham
England
Coordinates54°39′57″N 1°38′57″W / 54.6657°N 1.6493°W / 54.6657; -1.6493
Grid referenceNZ227300
Platforms1
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original companyNorth Eastern Railway
Pre-groupingNorth Eastern Railway
Post-groupingLNER
Key dates
1885 (1885)Station opened
4 December 1939Station closed to passengers
May 1948Station closed completely

Coundon railway station was a railway station that served the villages of Coundon and New Coundon in County Durham, North East England from 1885 to 1939. It was located on the Bishop Auckland to Ferryhill of the North Eastern Railway (NER), an extension of the earlier Byers Green Branch of the Clarence Railway (CR).

History

The station opened in 1885 as a stop on a new single-track line built by the North Eastern Railway linking Bishop Auckland to Burnhouse Junction, where it joined the earlier Byers Green Branch[1] built by the Clarence Railway (a predecessor of the NER) in 1837.[2] Beyond Burnhouse Junction, passenger trains continued over the former CR route to Ferryhill. In 1925 the station was served by eight trains to Ferryhill and seven to Bishop Auckland. However, due to the rural nature of the western section of this new through route, traffic between Spennymoor and Bishop Auckland was fairly light[1] and as a consequence Coundon station closed to passenger on 4 December 1939[3] when passenger services on the line west of Spennymoor were withdrawn.[1] The station closed completely in May 1948 though freight continued to pass through its site until September 1956.[3]

The trackbed of the railway through Coundon has been converted into the Auckland Walk, a path for walkers and cyclists.[4]

References

  1. ^ a b c Hoole, K. (1978). North Eastern Branch Lines Since 1925. Ian Allan Ltd. pp. 74, 75 & 114. ISBN 0711008299.
  2. ^ Hill, Norman (2001). Teesside Railways A View From The Past. Ian Allan Publishing Ltd. p. 25. ISBN 0711028036.
  3. ^ a b "Coundon station (remains), 1991 (C) Ben Brookesbank :: Geograph Britain and Ireland". Geograph. Retrieved 29 December 2017.
  4. ^ "Auckland Way Railway Path" (PDF). Durham County Council. 2011. Retrieved 29 December 2017.
Preceding station Historical railways Following station
Byers Green (3rd station)
Line and station closed 		  North Eastern Railway
Clarence Railway
(Byers Green Branch) 		  Bishop Auckland
Line closed, station open