Where is Tow Law railway station?

Tow Law railway station is in North East England, in the United Kingdom — coordinates 54.7459°, -1.8150°.

Heritage railway stations · North East England

Tow Law railway station

Tow Law railway station in England North East, United Kingdom.

The Newmarket Pub, A68 High Street, Tow Law - geograph.org.uk - 1067020 — Ian Porter — CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons licence

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Typical visit: 1 h–2 h

Tow Law 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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Tow Law railway station served the town of Tow Law, County Durham, England, from 1847 to 1965 on the Stanhope and Tyne Railway.

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Background

History

The first station opened in September 1847 by the North Eastern Railway. It was situated on the west side of High Street. It was resited on 2 March 1868 in between Station Road and Church Lane when the Sunnyside deviation opened, although the first site remained for goods traffic. Six blast furnaces were built and served by nearby collieries. Atwood Iron Works closed in 1882 but more iron works opened up around the town. The station building was on the down side and the signal box was at the west end of the up platform. This controlled access to the goods yard which was to the west of the station. On the downside of the goods yard were four sidings, the northernmost siding serving a stone…

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