Shildon

Location type

Station

Name and dates

Shildon (1842-)

Station code: SHD National Rail
Where: North East England, England
Opened on the Shildon Tunnel (Stockton and Darlington Railway).

Description

This is a two platform station. The signal box at the south east end dates from 1887, built for the North Eastern Railway.

The nearby Shildon Coal Drops, just to the south, are a form of coaling bench. Coal was dropped to the locomotives / tenders below.

NRM Shildon is just to the east on the site of part of Shildon Yard.

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Station



Chronology Dates

  /  /1825Stockton and Darlington Railway
Line opened from Witton Park (by Shildon) to Stockton Quay.
  /  /1827Black Boy Branch (Stockton and Darlington Railway)
Line opened from Shildon to the Black Boy Incline to the Black Boy Colliery, Adelaide Pit, Eldon Pit and Deanery Pit.

News items

21/08/2023Iron railway bridge that changed the world to return home to Durham [The Guardian]
18/01/2022AOC reveals its plans for National Railway Museum project in Durham [Architects Journal]
01/06/2021Northern supports collaborative art project at Shildon station [Northern]
17/12/2020New building at Locomotion museum, Shildon, to house 50 railway vehicles [Rail Engineer]
23/07/2016Flying Scotsman steams ahead to Shildon railway museum [BBC News]
15/09/2014Churchill's funeral carriage in Shildon for restoration [BBC News]
09/04/2014Railway writer and former train worker says farewell to historic steam engines in Shildon [Northern Echo]
05/04/2014Shildon railway museum enjoys 'record numbers' [BBC News]
25/02/2014Sir Nigel Gresley steams back to the NYMR [Northern Echo]
21/02/2014Shildon railway museum locomotives attract 70,000 visitors [BBC News]