Bishop Auckland Branch (York and Newcastle Railway)
Introduction
Portions of the Biship Auckland branch remain - as part of the East Coast Main Line through Durham station.
Locations along the line
These locations are along the line.
A Northern Pacer awaiting its departure time amongst the colourful planters and hanging baskets at Bishop Auckland station on 30 September 2010. The ...John Furnevel 30/09/2010
Northern Class 142 Pacer, forming the 1611hrs service to Saltburn on Wednesday 22 August 2018, ready to leave Bishop Auckland....
David Prescott 22/08/2018
The view back towards Shildon from the platform end at Bishop Auckland. Heaton based Pacer 142022 is newly arrived from Saltburn and on a quick turn ...Mark Bartlett 27/11/2012
Spanning the River Wear at Newton Cap in County Durham is a former railway viaduct, completed in 1857 to carry the NER route from Durham into Bishop ...John Furnevel 30/09/2010
The north end of Newton Cap Viaduct on 30 September 2010 looking west from a track alongside the appropriately named 'Eleven Arches Golf Range'. The ...John Furnevel 30/09/2010
The impressive Newton Cap Viaduct, opened in 1857 to bring the North Eastern Railway route south from Durham over the River Wear into Bishop Auckland. ...John Furnevel 30/09/2010
The former two platform station at Hunwick, on the Bishop Auckland to Durham line, closed in 1964. A coal mine and brick works once stood close by but ...Mark Bartlett 27/11/2012
Hardly a trace of the Bishop Auckland to Durham railway remains in Willington. This view in November 2012 would have been taken from between the ...Mark Bartlett 27/11/2012
The station building at Brancepeth on the former Durham - Bishop Auckland route, seen here in November 2012. The station itself closed in 1964 ...Mark Bartlett 27/11/2012
Brancepeth station, on the old Durham to Bishop Auckland line, as seen from the trackbed cycle path looking north east towards the next station at ...Mark Bartlett 27/11/2012
Appearances can be deceptive at the site of Brandon Colliery station in County Durham. The line from Durham to Bishop Auckland closed in 1964 and ...Mark Bartlett 27/11/2012
An East Coast HST, led by 43272, powers away from Durham heading south. The train is passing the site of Deerness Valley Junction where lines to ...Mark Bartlett 27/11/2012
GBRf 66739, formerly Freightliner 66579, heads a long train of coal hoppers north at Deeerness Valley Junction, just south of Durham station. This ...Mark Bartlett 27/11/2012
XC 09.25 Plymouth to Aberdeen calls at Durham four minutes down at 16.21. ...Colin Miller 20/09/2016
A northbound TPE service comes off the viaduct on the approach to Durham station in March 2015. ...John McIntyre 16/03/2015
