Blackhall Rocks railway station

On 1 April 1905, the North Eastern Railway opened a new coastal line to link together the former Londonderry, Seaham and Sunderland Railway at and former Hartlepool Dock and Railway at . This line was built, primarily, to avoid the steep gradients of the older inland route at and Banks but also provided access to the newly developing collieries of the Durham Coast. In July 1907, the NER added a station to serve the Blackhalls at what would become Blackhall Rocks. The first station was likely sited here as the sinking of Blackhall Colliery would not begin until 1909 and thus, at the time, it was anticipated that the station would primarily be used by tourists visiting the caves at Blackhall…