North Road railway station
North Road 
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| Location | |
| Place | Darlington |
| Local authority | Darlington |
| Coordinates | 54°32′08″N 1°33′14″W / 54.5356°N 1.5538°WCoordinates: 54°32′08″N 1°33′14″W / 54.5356°N 1.5538°W |
| Grid reference | NZ289157 |
| Operations | |
| Station code | NRD |
| Managed by | Northern |
| Number of platforms | 1 |
| DfT category | F2 |
| Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections from National Rail Enquiries |
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| Annual rail passenger usage* | |
| 2011/12 |
 33,014 |
| 2012/13 |
 32,896 |
| 2013/14 |
35,714 |
| 2014/15 |
31,178 |
| 2015/16 |
32,300 |
| History | |
| Key dates | Opened 1842 |
| National Rail – UK railway stations | |
| * Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at North Road from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year. | |
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North Road railway station, also known as North Road (Darlington) on some station announcements and departure boards, serves the northern areas of Darlington and parts of southern County Durham, England. The station is on the Bishop Auckland branch of the Tees Valley Line 1 1⁄4 miles (2.0 km) north of the main Darlington station and is operated by Northern which provides all passenger train services on this line.
The station is closely linked with the history of the , being the site of the original Darlington station. The station building, now the Darlington Railway Centre and Museum, was first opened in 1842 and is listed Grade II*. It replaced a depot on the opposite side of North Road, built in 1833. The building was constructed to a design by the S&D resident engineer of the time John Harris and was expanded and rebuilt on several subsequent occasions (e.g in 1856 following the opening of the line to Barnard Castle and again in 1864 and 1876 by the NER and their main architect William Peachey).
The opening of the main line station at Bank Top in 1887 saw the importance of North Road decline and it was twice threatened with closure in the 20th century (initially in 1930 and again under the Beeching cuts of 1963), but was reprieved each time. The closure of the Stainmore route to Penrith in 1962 and the Middleton-in-Teesdale branch line two years later did see the route through here reduced to single track (with only one platform remaining) and by the early 1970s, the train shed had suffered badly from vandalism and was in a poor state of repair. This prompted the local council, the town's tourist board, Darlington Museums service and a consortium of local people to join together to restore the station and Hopetown works complex nearby as a museum, whilst maintaining a single active platform for the Bishop Auckland branch line. This work was completed in time for 150th anniversary of the Stockton & Darlington Railway in 1975, with the opening ceremony carried out by the Duke of Edinburgh.
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