Ferryhill railway station

Ferryhill
Former site of Ferryhill station and goods yard, July 2007
Location
Place	Ferryhill
Area	County Durham
Grid reference	NZ304319
Operations
Original company	Clarence Railway
Pre-grouping	North Eastern Railway
Post-grouping	London and North Eastern Railway
Platforms	6
History
16 January 1834	Opened to freight
1840	Opened to passengers
October 1846	Services start to Hartlepool
June 1887	Rebuilt by NER as island platform
6 March 1967	Closes to passengers
1967	Closes to freight
1969	Burnt down, subsequently demolished
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Ferryhill railway station was a railway station located in Ferryhill in County Durham, Northeast England. It was located on the East Coast Main Line between Darlington and Durham near the junctions with the branch line from Norton-On-Tees and the Leamside Line.

The Clarence Railway reached the village of Ferryhill on its City of Durham branch, opening for freight from Sedgefield and Stockton on 16 January 1834 and to passengers from 11 July 1835. The first station was developed by the Clarence on the current site in 1840, serving a village population of 850. The position was chosen as it lay close to both natural deposits of coal and limestone. The 1829 Clarence Railway Act gave the Clarence powers to construct branches to Wingate for the City of Durham, Sherburn and Byers Green although only the latter of these ever reached its intended destinations. The Sherburn Branch was only opened as far as Coxhoe whilst the City of Durham Branch made it no further than Thrislington.

The Clarence Railway Byers Green Branch was opened to mineral traffic on 31 March 1837, despite construction not being officially completed for a further 4 years, due to a clause in the railway's Act requiring the line to be opened no later than 1837. This line saw an intermittent passenger service until it was extended to Bishop Auckland by the North Eastern Railway (NER) in 1885.