Crook railway station
| Crook | |
|---|---|
| Location | |
| Place | Crook |
| Area | County Durham |
| Coordinates | 54°42′56″N 1°44′41″W / 54.715587°N 1.744621°WCoordinates: 54°42′56″N 1°44′41″W / 54.715587°N 1.744621°W |
| Grid reference | NZ163358 |
| Operations | |
| Original company | Bishop Auckland and Weardale Railway |
| Pre-grouping | North Eastern Railway |
| Post-grouping | London and North Eastern Railway |
| Platforms | 1 |
| History | |
| January 1844 | Station opened |
| 8 March 1965 | Station closed to passengers |
| 5 July 1965 | Station closed completely |
| Disused railway stations in the United Kingdom | |
| Closed railway stations in Britain A B C D–F G H–J K–L M–O P–R S T–V W–Z |
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Crook railway station served the town of Crook, County Durham, England. It was located on the Bishop Auckland and Weardale Railway line from Bishop Auckland to Blackhill between Wear Valley Junction and Tow Law, 17 miles (27 km) north west of Darlington.
The backed Bishop Auckland and Weardale Railway had received Parliamentary backing to build a railway from Shildon via Bishop Auckland to the town of Crook in 1842. The line was duly completed the following year, with trains running as far as Bishop Auckland from 30 January 1843 and through to Crook from 8 November that year (albeit for goods traffic only). The exact opening date for passenger traffic isn't known, though authorisation was granted on 3 January 1844 for services to begin - these ran initially on Thursdays-only to serve the Crook town market day (being so listed in the July 1844 issue of Bradshaw's Railway Guide), but by January 1845 the station was in full-time use.
The S&D subsequently extended the route northwards from Crook as the Weardale Extension Railway (WXR) towards Tow Law and Waskerley in May 1845, where it joined the Stanhope and Tyne Railway. This route was built to give the Derwent Iron Company a southward outlet for its works at Consett - it included a rope-worked incline at Sunnyside and began to carry passenger traffic in 1847, which was also the year that the WXR was amalgamated with the BA&WR.
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