Where is Etherley railway station?

Etherley railway station is in North East England, in the United Kingdom — coordinates 54.6673°, -1.7300°.

Parks · North East England

Etherley railway station

Etherley railway station in England North East, United Kingdom.

Etherley Railway Tip, Witton Park - geograph.org.uk - 82526 — mark harrington — CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons licence

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Typical visit: 1 h–2 h

Etherley 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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Etherley railway station served the village of Witton Park in County Durham, North East England, from 1847 to 1965 on the Wear Valley line. It was briefly reopened during the summers of 1991 and 1992 as Witton Park.

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Background

History

The Bishop Auckland and Weardale Railway (BA&WR) passed through the future site of Etherley station upon its opening between and in November 1843 and was extended to by the Weardale Extension Railway (WXR) in 1845. However, the first station to serve the area did not open until Etherley & Witton Park was opened by the Wear Valley Company on 14 April 1847, shortly before the opening their line between the (BA&WR) at and on 3 August 1847. Originally it was only open on market days and only appeared in timetables from September 1847. The Weardale Extension Railway had linked with the Derwent Railway at Waskerley when it first opened but the use of inclines in the area meant that it was not…

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