Date: 07/09/2012

A RAILWAY platform costing thousands of pounds cannot be used because it’s on the wrong side of the tracks. County Durham’s Weardale Railway was unaware the specially-made steel structure at Witton-le-Wear did not automatically qualify for planning permission and had it built it earlier this year. But planning chiefs have now told the heritage railway line it does not qualify and none of its passengers can use it. Statutory powers would have allowed workers to build a station on one side of the line as there had been a station there in the past.

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Weardale Railway platform built on wrong side of the tracks

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A RAILWAY platform costing thousands of pounds cannot be used “ because its on the wrong side of the tracks.

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The level crossing and gatekeepers accommodation at the bottom of Station Road, Witton-le-Wear, on the Weardale Railway. Note the groundframe to the right of the crossing. View is south east towards Bishop Auckland in May 2006. No trace remains of the station, which stood on the far side of the crossing and closed in 1965.
Location: Witton-le-Wear [2nd]
Company: Wear Valley Railway
08/05/2006 John Furnevel

Witton-le-Wear looking west towards Wolsingham and Wearhead from the level crossing in September 2006. The station was situated behind the camera.
Location: Witton-le-Wear [1st]
Company: Wear Valley Railway
26/09/2006 Ewan Crawford