Where is Winston railway station?

Winston railway station is in North East England, in the United Kingdom — coordinates 54.5553°, -1.7850°.

Castles · North East England

Winston railway station

Winston railway station in England North East, United Kingdom.

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Typical visit: 1.5 h–3 h

Winston 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

Winston railway station served the village of Winston, County Durham, England, from 1856 to 1965 on the Darlington and Barnard Castle Railway.

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Background

History

The station was opened on 9 July 1856 by the Darlington and Barnard Castle Railway. It was situated at either side of the B6274. It was referred to as Staindrop by the company before it opened. On the up platform was the station building and on the down platform was a waiting shelter. Opposite the up platform was the goods yard which had two sidings: one serving the goods yard and the other serving a coal depot. A third siding was added in 1894. It was referred to as Winston for Staindrop in 1937 and 1938 in Bradshaw and in every edition of the handbook of stations. The station closed to passengers on 30 November 1964 and closed to goods on 5 April 1965. In the 1980s, whilst she was working…

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