Cargo Fleet railway station

The station was opened on 8 November 1885 by the North Eastern Railway. The main part of the station was constructed from materials recovered from the closed Middlesbrough excursion station, which saved the North Eastern Railway £1,600 (). It was an island platform situated a mile east of station, adjacent to Dockside Road, between junctions with Marsh Road and Works Road. Cargo Fleet was a passenger only station, although there were sidings nearby which handled goods traffic. The 1904 RCH handbook recorded that the sidings served two ironworks, (one that served a brickworks and a wharf) a warrant stores, a timber yard and wharves, a salt works and a wharf. On 4 May 1969 the station was one…