Castles · North East England
Thorpe Thewles railway station
Thorpe Thewles railway station in England North East, United Kingdom.
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Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 1.5 h–3 h
About
Thorpe Thewles 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
Thorpe Thewles railway station was a stop on the Castle Eden branch of the North Eastern Railway (NER) from 1880 to 1931. It was located approximately 5 miles north of Stockton and was designed to serve the village of Thorpe Thewles and the civil parish of Grindon in Stockton-on-Tees, part of the Ceremonial County of Durham, North East England. Despite its name, the station was actually located further from the village of Thorpe Thewles than Carlton station (later Redmarshall) on the main line of the Clarence Railway.
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Background
History
The NER gained parliamentary powers to construct a line from Bowesfield Junction (where it joined the route of Stockton & Darlington Railway) to Wellfield Junction (on the route of the Hartlepool Dock & Railway) in 1872 and opened the line in stages, with the section north of Carlton Junction (where the line crossed the route of the Clarence Railway) opening to freight traffic on 1 August 1878 from which point Thorpe Thewles station was used for local goods traffic. However construction of the stations was not complete at this time, meaning that Thorpe Thewles' station master initially had to live in one of the cottages until the station buildings had been completed. Local passenger trains…
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- Coordinates
- 54.6126, -1.3784
Sources
- wikidata: Q48813396 (CC0)
- wikipedia: Thorpe Thewles railway station (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Thorpe Thewles railway station?
- Thorpe Thewles railway station is in North East England, in the United Kingdom — coordinates 54.6126°, -1.3784°.