Mines & mining heritage · North East England
Darras Hall railway station
Darras Hall railway station in England North East, United Kingdom.
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Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 1 h–2 h
About
Darras Hall 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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From the Wikipedia article
Darras Hall was a railway station on the Ponteland Railway, which ran between South Gosforth and Ponteland, with a sub-branch line to Darras Hall. The station served Darras Hall in Northumberland. The station was opened on 1 October 1913, by the North Eastern Railway. It consisted of a single timber platform, with a wooden building, and was located near to Broadway. In the mid- and late-1920s, an unscheduled service operated from Darras Hall for colliery workers at Belsay and Wallridge. The 7½-mile line, which linked with the Ponteland Railway, was known as the Wallridge Mineral Railway.
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Background
History
The Gosforth and Ponteland Light Railway was formed in 1899, under the Light Railways Act 1896 (59 & 60 Vict. c. 48). Construction of the line by the North Eastern Railway was authorised by Parliament in February 1901. In March 1905, the 7-mile section from South Gosforth to Ponteland was opened to goods traffic, with passenger services commencing in June 1905. A 1<sup>1</sup>⁄4-mile extension of the branch line to the garden city of Darras Hall in Northumberland, known as the Little Callerton Railway, was authorised in 1909. Unlike the Gosforth and Ponteland Light Railway, the extension was not constructed as a light railway. Passenger services commenced between Ponteland and Darras Hall…
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- Coordinates
- 55.0374, -1.7641
Sources
- wikidata: Q48805968 (CC0)
- wikipedia: Darras Hall railway station (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Darras Hall railway station?
- Darras Hall railway station is in North East England, in the United Kingdom — coordinates 55.0374°, -1.7641°.