Mines & mining heritage · North East England
Horden railway station
Horden railway station in England North East, United Kingdom.
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Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 1 h–2 h
About
Horden 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
Horden (also known as Horden Peterlee during the planning stage) is a railway station on the Durham Coast Line, which runs between Newcastle and Middlesbrough via Hartlepool. The station, situated 10 miles 74 chains (17.6 km) south-east of Sunderland, serves the villages of Horden, Blackhall Colliery and Easington along with the town of Peterlee in County Durham, North East England. It is owned by Network Rail and managed by Northern Trains. The station opened on 29 June 2020, following a £10.55 million investment. It is the second station to have been located in the village, having replaced an earlier station, located approximately 200 yards (180 m) further south, which closed on 4 May 1964 during the Beeching cuts.
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Background
History
The original station at Horden was opened by the North Eastern Railway on 1 April 1905. The station opened as part of the North Eastern Railway's project to build a new coastal line, by linking together and on the routes of the earlier Londonderry, Seaham and Sunderland Railway and Hartlepool Dock and Railway. This new line had been constructed primarily to avoid the steep gradients of the inland route at Seaton Bank and Hesleden Bank, but also provided access to the newly developed collieries of the Durham Coast. A six-inch Ordnance Survey map from 1922 shows the station, along with a station hotel, located at what was then the southern end of the new settlement, which was built to house…
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- Coordinates
- 54.7608, -1.3035
Sources
- wikidata: Q38250965 (CC0)
- wikipedia: Horden railway station (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Horden railway station?
- Horden railway station is in North East England, in the United Kingdom — coordinates 54.7608°, -1.3035°.
- Who owns Horden railway station?
- Horden railway station is owned by Northern Trains.