Broomielaw
Location type
StationNames and dates
Broomielaw [Private] (1856-1942)Broomielaw (1942-1964)
Note: text in square brackets is added for clarity and was not part of the location's name.
Opened on the Darlington and Barnard Castle Railway.Description
This station was located at the east end of the double track section from Barnard Castle [2nd], going east the line to Fawcett Junction was single. It was a single platform station (on the north side of the line) which was private between 1856 and 1942. To the west of the platform the line doubled and there were goods sidings on the north side, approached from the west. The station's signal box was north of the sidings.
A railway cottage, rebuilt, remains to the north of the site of the platform.
Tags
Station Private| Nearby stations Barnard Castle [2nd] Barnard Castle [1st] Winston Lartington Cotherstone Cockfield Fell Haggerleases Lands Gainford Bowes Romaldkirk Evenwood [1st] Evenwood [2nd] Mickleton Piercebridge | Barnard Castle Shed Tees Valley Junction West Tees Bridge Gordon House Butterknowle Goods Cockfield Quarry Gainford Bridge Quarry Randolph Colliery Forcett Quarry Forcett Junction Forcett Goods Spring Gardens Junction Ramshaw Colliery Tourist/other Black Beck Level Crossing |
| Location names in dark blue are on the same original line. | |
News items
| 14/06/2023 | Smuggling a cat onto a paddle steamer at the Broomielaw [The Herald] |
