Saltburn edit
On 23 July 1858 the extension of Middlesbrough & Redcar Railway to Saltburn approved by Parliament, and S&DR was permitted to absorb those railways it held on lease. The extension was opened in 1861, Redcar station moving.[1][2]
[1] Henry Pease
Legacy edit
The Tees Valley Line uses the most of the former Stockton & Darlington Railway between Bishop Auckland and Saltburn.[3] At an end on junction with the heritage Weardale Railway at Bishop Auckland, the 11 miles (18 km) non-electrified line is single track to Shildon, double track to Heighington, and then single track to the junction with the East Coast Main Line north of Darlington. The line is a Community Rail service with the title of the Bishop line, and because of it's links with the S&DR is sometimes known as the Heritage Line. As of December 2013[update] Northern Rail provide the ten services a day, which take 26 minutes travel to Darlington, and most services continue to Saltburn.[4][5]
South of Darlington, trains take the 1887? route before joining the original 1825 line at the site of Oak Tree junction.[6] The non-electrified line has two tracks, a 8 miles (13 km) long section to Eaglescliffe South Junction,[7] where the 1854? Leeds Northern route is taken through Eaglecliffe station to Stockton Cut Junction.[8][9] The two track non-electrified line then follows the S&DR route for 19 miles (31 km) through to Saltburn, except for later deviations at Thornaby and Redcar (1978).[10][11] There is a two train per hour off-peak service between Darlington and Saltburn, and one train per hour from Middlesbrough south to Manchester Airport via Yarm, and north to Newcastle via Sunderland.[12][5] The former Middlesbrough & Guisborough Railway is open between Guisborough Junction and Nunthorpe as part of the Community Rail Esk Valley Line to Whitby. There are ten services a day each way between Middlesbrough and Nunthrope, with four of these continuing to Whitby.[13][9]
[2] Tees Valley Metro
x edit
Passenger Services June 16th to October 5th 1947. LNER.
Table Tomlinson p. 544
Notes and references edit
Notes edit
References edit
- ^ Allen 1974, p. 115.
- ^ Cobb 2006, p. 450.
- ^ http://www.nationalrail.co.uk/times_fares/46418.aspx
- ^ Network Rail 2012, pp. 53–54.
- ^ a b Table 44 National Rail timetable, Dec 13
- ^ Cobb 2006, p. ?.
- ^ Network Rail 2012, pp. 68–69.
- ^ Network Rail 2012, p. 60.
- ^ a b Cobb 2006, p. 449.
- ^ Network Rail 2012, pp. 71–73.
- ^ Cobb 2006, pp. 449–450.
- ^ Network Rail 2012, p. 73.
- ^ Network Rail 2012, pp. 57–58.
Sources edit
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- Awdry, Christopher (1990). Encyclopaedia of British Railway Companies. Patrick Stephens. ISBN 1-85260-049-7.
- Beeching, Richard (1963). "The Reshaping of British Railways" (PDF). HMSO. Retrieved 22 June 2013. See also Beeching, Richard (1963). "The Reshaping of British Railways (maps)" (PDF). HMSO. map 9. Retrieved 22 June 2013.
- Cobb, Colonel M.H. (2006). The Railways of Great Britain: A Historical Atlas. Ian Allan. ISBN 978-07110-3236-1.
- Hedges, Martin, ed. (1981). 150 years of British Railways. Hamyln. ISBN 0-600-37655-9.
- Hoole, K. (1974). A Regional History of the Railways of Great Britain: Volume IV The North East. David & Charles. ISBN 0715364391.
- Smiles, Samuel (1879). Lives of the Engineers. The Locomotive. George and Robert Stephenson. John Murray.
- Tomlinson, William Weaver (1915). The North Eastern Railway: Its rise and development. Andrew Reid and Company.
- Whishaw, Francis (1842). The Railways of Great Britain and Ireland Practically Described and Illustrated. J. Weale.
- Route Specifications – London North Eastern. Network Rail. 2012. Retrieved 28 September 2013.
- Kirby, Maurice W. (4 July 2002). The Origins of Railway Enterprise: The Stockton and Darlington Railway 1821-1863. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-89280-3.
External links edit
- Loft, Charles (15 October 2004). Government, the Railways and the Modernization of Britain: Beeching's Last Trains. Psychology Press. p. 96. ISBN 978-0-203-64305-1.