Where is Beamish railway station?

Beamish railway station is in North East England, in the United Kingdom — coordinates 54.8769°, -1.6526°.

Heritage railway stations · North East England

Beamish railway station

Beamish railway station in England North East, United Kingdom.

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Typical visit: 1 h–2 h

Beamish railway station is a place of interest in England North East, United Kingdom — drawn from open-data sources for visitor reference. See the linked Wikipedia article for the full description.

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From the Wikipedia article

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.

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Background

History

The station opened on 1 February 1894 by the North Eastern Railway. The signal box was to the south and to the east was a goods shed with four sidings and a loading bank. Passenger numbers started to decline in the 1920s when bus services were introduced. This led to the station closing on 21 September 1953. It remained open to goods until 2 August 1960. The station itself was demolished but the signal box remained until 1982. After it was demolished, the signal box from was dismantled and installed at the nearby Beamish Museum.

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