Yarm Depots railway station

The station was originally the terminus of a branch line of the Stockton and Darlington Railway from the junction near Allens West (Yarm) station on the Bishop Line between Bishop Auckland and Saltburn-by-the-Sea via Shildon and Darlington in County Durham. The line ran through the village of Egglescliffe until it reached the station at Urlay Nook Road. It was used for the transporting of coal and limestone around the local area. It was opened by the Stockton and Darlington Railway in 1830 and began to see both mineral, freight and passenger traffic using the 1 mi long branch line to Yarm Depots from 1830 until the closure to passengers in 1862 and only a decade later. The entire branch…

Since closure to all rail traffic, the trackbed has since been redeveloped with housing, road alignments and parks. Some parts of the line are still traceable on maps, especially near the Cleveland Bay pub and near Allens West station where the former junction for the Yarm branch began. In September 2025, to coincide with the 200th anniversary of public railways in the United Kingdom, Historic England announced that the Cleveland Bay pub near the former station had become a Grade II listed building, as it is the world's oldest purpose-built railway pub.