Consett railway station

Consett
Consett railway station site in 1988, after demolition, view northeast towards Annfield Plain, by Ben Brooksbank
Location
Place	Consett
Area	County Durham
Coordinates	54°51′04″N 1°49′38″W / 54.8510°N 1.8273°W / 54.8510; -1.8273Coordinates: 54°51′04″N 1°49′38″W / 54.8510°N 1.8273°W / 54.8510; -1.8273
Operations
Original company	North Eastern Railway
Pre-grouping	North Eastern Railway
Post-grouping	London and North Eastern Railway
Platforms	2
History
17 August 1896	Station opens
23 May 1955	Station closes
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Consett railway station was a railway station on the Stanhope and Tyne Railway, in County Durham, Northern England. It served the industrial town of Consett, which was best known for its steelworks.

Opened on 17 August 1896 by the North Eastern Railway, it became part of the London and North Eastern Railway during the Grouping of 1923. The station then passed on to the Eastern Region of British Railways on nationalisation in 1948.

It wasn't the first station to serve the town however, as one had been opened by the NER in 1862 as the terminus of its Lanchester Valley Railway from Durham. This lasted only five years however, the LVR was extended northwards to Newcastle via Lintz Green & Scotswood and a new station was opened at Benfieldside on the northern edge of the town. This was renamed "Consett" in 1882 and again to "Consett & Blackhill" (as it was closer to the later community) in 1885, before eventually becoming Blackhill when the 1896 depot opened. This station was located on the former S&T route east of the intersection with the Durham - Blackhill - Scotswood line and opened on the same day that passenger trains began running to Newcastle via Annfield Plain and a junction with the East Coast Main Line near Birtley (a chord line having been built by the NER to link the main line with the S&T route where they crossed each other). Travellers from the new station could also use the Derwent Valley line via Blackhill to reach Newcastle by means of a link line between the two routes that had been commissioned in 1893 - this alternative route was actually a couple of miles shorter but had a less frequent service. Facilities were quite basic, with wooden buildings in the middle of the island platform linked via a sloping path to the road overbridge at the eastern end.