Where is Greatham railway station?

Greatham railway station is in North East England, in the United Kingdom — coordinates 54.6342°, -1.2289°.

Heritage railway stations · North East England

Greatham railway station

Greatham railway station in England North East, United Kingdom.

Greatham Signal Box near Hartlepool - geograph.org.uk - 1576444 — peter robinson — CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons licence

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Greatham 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

Greatham railway station served the village of Greatham in the Borough of Hartlepool, North East England, from 1841 to 1991 on what became the Durham Coast Line.

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Background

History

The station was opened on 10 February 1841 as a stop on the Stockton and Hartlepool Railway, originally a branch line linking West Hartlepool to main line of the Clarence Railway near . Under the direction of the North Eastern Railway, a successor to the S&HR, a new line was constructed at Hartlepool in 1877 to provide a direct connection to the former Hartlepool Dock & Railway network operating northwards from the town, The disused station platforms remain at the site, but all the station buildings have been demolished except the signal box. It has been decommissioned and was due to be demolished in October 2020, but was still standing in January 2025.

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