Eryholme railway station

The station opened 10 September 1846 as Dalton Junction, and was renamed to Eryholme (sometimes Eryholme Junction) in May 1901. It closed to regular passenger services in October 1911, though services continued to call unadvertised at the station for the railway families that live at Eryholme. Although there is no evidence that the station forwarded or received any goods in the 1960s, it officially closed to goods traffic in June 1964. One non-passenger revenue service was the sidings for the Darlington Rolling Stock Company which provided wagon maintenance. The junction was 2+1/4 mi south of Croft Spa railway station, 2 mi north of Cowton railway station (both on the ECML), and 2 mi…