Beamish railway station
Disused railway station in Beamish, County Durham / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Beamish was a railway station which served the village of Beamish in County Durham, North East England, from 1894 to 1953. The station was built by the North Eastern Railway on the Beamish Deviation Line off of the earlier Stanhope and Tyne Railway.
This article is about the former public railway station serving the village of Beamish, County Durham. For the recreated railway station exhibit at Beamish Museum, see Beamish Museum § Railway station.
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Beamish | |
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General information | |
Location | Beamish, County Durham England |
Coordinates | 54.8769°N 1.6526°W / 54.8769; -1.6526 |
Other information | |
Status | Disused |
History | |
Original company | North Eastern Railway |
Pre-grouping | North Eastern Railway |
Post-grouping | |
Key dates | |
1 February 1894 (1894-02-01) | Opened |
21 September 1953 | Closed to passengers |
2 August 1960 (1960-08-02) | Closed to goods |
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