Where is Cox Green railway station?

Cox Green railway station is in North East England, in the United Kingdom — coordinates 54.8878°, -1.4870°.

Heritage railway stations · North East England

Cox Green railway station

Cox Green railway station in England North East, United Kingdom.

Old Direction Sign - Signpost by Cox Green Road, south of Washington - geograph.org.uk - 6044920 — Milestone Society — CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons licence

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Typical visit: 1 h–2 h

Cox Green 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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Cox Green railway station served the civil parish of Cox Green, Tyne and Wear, England, from 1854 to 1964 on the Penshaw Branch.

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Background

History

The station opened as Coxgreen Crossing in November 1854 by the North Eastern Railway. It was situated in the north side of Coxgreen Road. Its name was changed to Coxgreen in April 1857. It initially had short platforms but they were doubled in size in 1896 as well as more services per day. Its name was changed again to Cox Green in July 1931. It didn't attract as many passengers as Hylton because of its isolated location; Hylton had booked 54,250 passengers, whereas Cox Green booked 9,095 passengers. It was downgraded to an unstaffed halt on 14 August 1961 and it closed on 4 May 1964. The station building remains in residential use but it has been expanded since.

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