Stockton and Darlington Railway
Introduction
This line is mostly open. This was the first public line to employ steam power from its opening. Line line was 25 miles long, engineered by George Stephenson and opened in September 1825 from Witton Park to Stockton Quay. The gauge of this line was accepted as standard gauge and is used in Britain and throughout the world.
Dates
| / /1821 | [Stockton and Darlington Railway] Company incorporated |
| / /1825 | [Stockton and Darlington Railway] Line opened from Witton Park (by Shildon) to Stockton Quay |
| / /1827 | [Black Boy Branch] ([Stockton and Darlington Railway]) Line opened from Shildon to the Black Boy Incline to the Black Boy Colliery, Adelaide, Eldon and Deanery pits. |
| 30/11/1841 | [Stockton and Darlington Railway] Runs service from Darlington (North Road) to the [Clarence Railway]'s terminus at Coxhoe. This was in anticipcation of the [Newcastle and Darlington Junction Railway] opening. |
| 05/05/1842 | [Stockton and Darlington Railway] Runs service from Darlington (North Road) to its South Church terminus. This was in anticipcation of the [Newcastle and Darlington Junction Railway] opening. |
| 30/06/1862 | [Eden Valley Railway] [Stockton and Darlington Railway] [Eden Valley Railway] bought by the Stockton and Darlington Railway. |
| / /1863 | [Stockton and Darlington Railway] [North Eastern Railway] Stockton and Darlington Railway absorbed by the [North Eastern Railway]. |
Portions of line and locations
This line is divided into a number of portions.
Stockton to Darlington to Witton Park Colliery
Brush Type 4 D1795 has just passed Bowesfield signal box, standing at the eastern apex of the triangle of lines to the west of Tees Yard and south of ...Bill Jamieson 02/10/1970
A rake of what at first glance appears to be 16t mineral wagons passes Bowesfield box to the west of Thornaby in October 1970 behind class 37 No. ...Bill Jamieson 02/10/1970
This is a two platform station. Services are extremely sparse and public transport links to the airport no longer exist. ...
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Northern Pacer 142094, working from Saltburn to Bishop Auckland, runs through Teesside Airport (without stopping of course) on 24th June. In 2017 the ...Mark Bartlett 24/06/2017
The epitome of Parliamentary services, this is Teesside Airport station, which only has one train calling in each direction per week. Opened in ...Mark Bartlett 24/06/2017
It may be a railway museum, but from this angle, it has a management training centre look about it. ...Ken Strachan 03/08/2017
The station forecourt at North Road, Darlington, seen here looking south east in April 2008, shortly after completion of refurbishment and conversion ...John Furnevel 04/04/2008
Northern 142065 calls at North Road, Darlington, with the 1000 Saltburn - Bishop Auckland on 24 April 2009. The station building, seen in the ...John Furnevel 24/04/2009
The passenger side of the refurbished ticket office at Darlington's North Road museum on 4 April 2008. ...John Furnevel 04/04/2008
This junction North of North Road station was the first access (geographically) to the Stainmore line on leaving Darlington. Our exploration, from a ...Ken Strachan 05/08/2017
Looking south over the level crossing at Heighington towards Darlington on 18 March 2015. A new REB has appeared on the right next to the signalbox ...John McIntyre 18/03/2015
Looking north over the level crossing at Heighington on 18 March 2015. This station is on the route of the Stockton & Darlington Railway and opened ...John McIntyre 18/03/2015
Scene at Heighington on 19 June 2013. A train has just departed for Bishop Auckland, with another about to leave for Darlington. Meanwhile a small ...Brian Taylor 19/06/2013
A Bishop Auckland to Saltburn train calls at Newton Aycliffe on 18 March 2015. ...John McIntyre 18/03/2015
Hitachi Rail Europe celebrates the first Intercity Express (IEP) train to be built in the UK at its manufacturing facility in Newton Aycliffe, County ...Hitachi Rail Europe 09/12/2016
Leaving Newton Aycliffe for Heighington on 18 March 2015. What is not so obvious nowadays is the trackbed of the line that once ran towards Stockton, ...John McIntyre 18/03/2015
Surviving accomodation bridge on the west side of the S & D Brusselton Incline between Shildon and West Auckland, built 1825. The listed bridge has ...Brian Taylor 03/05/2014
This bridge was near West Auckland on the Shildon to Witton Park Colliery portion of the Stockton and Darlington Railway.
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The view east from the site of West Auckland station. On the right is the formation of the original Stockton and Darlington line to Shildon, via the ...Mark Bartlett 08/04/2018
The station site at West Auckland, looking south west on the line towards Barnard Castle in April 2018. Apparently there were two platforms here, but ...Mark Bartlett 08/04/2018
The North Eastern Railway Association May walk 'rolls' into West Auckland MPD on May 3rd 2014, part way through a Shildon, Brusselton, West Auckland, ...Brian Taylor 03/05/2014
67636 at West Auckland on 13 October 1962, some 4 months after the station had lost its passenger service. The V3 had worked into nearby West ...K A Gray 13/10/1962
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