Bishop Auckland railway station

waits in the platform to form a westbound service]] The station is currently operated by Northern, which provides National Rail passenger services. In 2012, Bishop Trains adopted the station from Northern Rail (the operator at the time), providing a National Rail Ticket Office and staff for the station. Bishop Trains further developed the Ticket Office and now provides a booking service for coach trips and holidays, and more recently, rail charters. It is staffed every day except Sundays. At all other times, tickets must be purchased in advance or via the ticket machine on the platform. Service running information is offered by timetable posters and Bishop Trains staff (when open).…

Bishop Auckland gained its first railway link in 1842, when the Stockton and Darlington Railway (S&DR) backed ' (BA&WR) gained the powers via the Bishop Auckland and Weardale Railway Act 1837 (7 Will. 4 & 1 Vict. c. cxxii) to build a railway line from the S&DR's station at , via Bishop Auckland and , into . The company initially built a temporary terminus at , which opened on 19 April 1842. A road coach service then extended the service into Bishop Auckland and a secondary road coach service also ran to Rainton Meadows. After completion of the Shildon Tunnel, the BA&WR erected a permanent station on the current site, which opened to freight on 8 November 1843 and passengers on 30 January…