Heritage railway stations · North East England
Fighting Cocks railway station
In or near Sadberge.
Fighting Cocks railway station in England North East, United Kingdom.
mark harrington — CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons licence
Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 1 h–2 h
- Nearest railway station
- Dinsdale · 0.8 km
- Free entry
About
Fighting Cocks 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
Fighting Cocks railway station was a railway station on the original route of the Stockton & Darlington Railway (S&DR), which served the villages of Middleton St George and Low Dinsdale in County Durham, as well as the once popular Dinsdale Spa Hotel from 1829.
Excerpt from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0. See the source article linked in Sources below.
Background
History
When the Stockton & Darlington Railway first opened on 10 October 1825, there were no official stations, as passenger trains were provided by independent coach operators who purchased a licence from the railway company to enable them to operate on the line. Tickets were sold by local publicans, and so it has been claimed that the Fighting Cocks public house, a coaching inn near where the railway crossed Rykeneild Street, could be one of the oldest surviving station booking office in the world. It was not until the success of passenger services on the Liverpool & Manchester Railway persuaded the S&DR to purchase the coach operators that in December 1833 it began to operate its own…
Sourced from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Coordinates
- 54.5218, -1.4724
- District
- Darlington
- Parish
- Middleton St George
- Postcode
- DL2 1JS
- Parliamentary constituency
- Stockton West
- Nearest railway station
- Dinsdale — 0.8 km
Sources
- wikidata: Q48809439 (CC0)
- wikipedia: Fighting Cocks railway station (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Fighting Cocks railway station?
- Fighting Cocks railway station is in North-East England, United Kingdom (postcode DL2 1JS), in the parish of Middleton St George.
- What is Fighting Cocks railway station?
- Fighting Cocks railway station in England North East, United Kingdom.
- How do I get to Fighting Cocks railway station?
- The nearest railway station is Dinsdale, about 0.8 km away. Drivers can use postcode DL2 1JS.
- Is Fighting Cocks railway station free to visit?
- Yes, Fighting Cocks railway station is free to enter.
- How do I get to Fighting Cocks railway station?
- The nearest railway station is Dinsdale, about 0.8 km away. Drivers can navigate to postcode DL2 1JS.