Seaham Harbour railway station

In 1854 the Londonderry Railway opened the Londonderry, Seaham and Sunderland Railway to link its network of colliery railways to the newly constructed South Dock in Sunderland due to the lack of capacity in Seaham Harbour. The harbour was developed as a private port belonging to the Marquess of Londonderry for transporting the output from his mines. Though constructed primarily for mineral traffic, passengers were also carried on this line from 1855 and stations were opened at either end of the line. At the Seaham end of the line, a station was constructed on Marlborough Street and was originally named Seaham whilst at the Sunderland end, Hendon Burn station was constructed close to the…