Wear Valley Junction railway station

The Bishop Auckland & Weardale Railway (BA&WR) passed through the future site of the station upon its opening between and in November 1843 and was extended to by the WXR in 1845. In 1862, the line to Frosterley was extended to by the Frosterley & Stanhope Railway and was once again extended on 21 October 1895 by the North Eastern Railway between Stanhope and . The station was closed to both passengers and goods traffic on 8 July 1935 though passenger and goods train continued to pass through on both lines for many years: After major efforts to clear the line of vegetation and repair damaged tracks, passenger services along the section between Stanhope and Bishop Auckland through Wear Valley…