Where is Blackhill railway station?

Blackhill railway station is in North East England, in the United Kingdom — coordinates 54.8587°, -1.8461°.

Heritage railway stations · North East England

Blackhill railway station

Blackhill railway station in England North East, United Kingdom.

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Blackhill 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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Blackhill railway station served the village of Blackhill, County Durham, England from 1867 to 1955 on the Derwent Valley Line.

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History

The station opened on 2 December 1867 by the North Eastern Railway. It was situated west of the end of St. Aldans Street. The site of the station was large, serving as the terminus of three different routes - the Derwent Valley line from , the Stanhope and Tyne Railway and the Lanchester Valley Railway from ; it also had a large goods yard. It opened as Benfieldside, then renamed Consett on 1 November 1882, renamed Consett & Blackhill on 1 May 1885 and finally renamed Blackhill on 1 May 1896. The station was closed to passengers on 23 May 1955 with the end of services from Newcastle via . Services from Durham via had ceased back in 1939, whilst the Derwent Valley line from Scotswood…

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