Where is Usworth railway station?

Usworth railway station is in North East England, in the United Kingdom — coordinates 54.9124°, -1.5023°.

Heritage railway stations · North East England

Usworth railway station

Usworth railway station in England North East, United Kingdom.

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Usworth 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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Usworth railway station served the village of Usworth, Washington, England from 1864 to 1963 on the Leamside line.

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History

The station was opened in May 1864 by the North Eastern Railway. The station was situated south of the level crossing on Usworth Station Road and Washington Road. Goods traffic handled at the station included bricks, potatoes, gravel, sand and livestock. The train services slowly became less frequent with a significant reduction in service during the Second World War until the September 1953 timetable showed that no trains called as Usworth. The bookings at Usworth had declined to only 5,593 in 1951. From 14 September 1959 there were no staff at the station so the station was class as an unstaffed halt, although the halt suffix was not added to its name. The station was later closed due to…

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