Where is Knitsley railway station?

Knitsley railway station is in North East England, in the United Kingdom — coordinates 54.8331°, -1.8125°.

Heritage railway stations · North East England

Knitsley railway station

Knitsley railway station in England North East, United Kingdom.

Trees alongside Delves Lane - geograph.org.uk - 4727982 — Trevor Littlewood — CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons licence

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Typical visit: 1 h–2 h

Knitsley 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

Knitsley railway station served the hamlet of Knitsley, County Durham, England from 1862 to 1939 on the Lanchester Valley Railway.

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Background

History

The station opened on 1 September 1862 by the North Eastern Railway. The station was situated on the west side of Butesfield Lane. In 1870 Lord Lambton, who owned the land at the time, accepted an application to search for coal and it was founded in the following year. The NER doubled the station's tracks in anticipation of the demand from collieries that may open on the line, and this did soon happen at Malton, Lanchester, Bearpark and Langley. The station closed to passengers on 1 February 1916 but later reopened on 30 March 1925. Passenger numbers were always light on the Lanchester Valley Line and it had an early close on 1 May 1939. After closure to passengers, there were still…

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