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Ushaw Moor railway station, was a station on the Deerness Valley Railway, south of the village of Ushaw Moor in County Durham, was opened on 1 September 1884 by the North Eastern Railway.

The station closed to passengers on 29 October 1951 and freight on 28 December 1964. The stone and timber built station was demolished and few traces of it remain. The trackbed now forms part of the Deerness Valley Railway Path.

v t e   Deerness Valley Railway
Overview Locale County Durham Technical Track gauge 4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) Length 8 miles (13 km)
Legend
East Coast Main Line to Chester-le-Street Durham Lanchester Valley Railway to Consett Durham to Bishop Auckland Line to Bishop Auckland East Coast Main Line to Darlington Ushaw Moor New Brancepeth Colliery Ushaw Moor Colliery Hamsteels, Esh, and Cornsay collieries Waterhouses Waterhouses Colliery East Hedley Hope Colliery Stanley Inclines Stanley Drift Mines Wooley Colliery Bank Foot Coke Works/Chemical Plant Stanhope and Tyne Railway to Consett Crook West Durham Railway to Byers Green Weardale Extension Railway to Bishop Auckland

References

1. ^ "Ushaw Moor Station". Disused Stations.
2. "Deerness Valley Railway Path". The Long Distance Walkers Association.

External links

• Ushaw Moor on navigable 1948 O. S. map

54°46′26″N 1°38′53″W / 54.774°N 1.648°W / 54.774; -1.648

• Disused railway stations in County Durham
• Former North Eastern Railway (United Kingdom) stations
• Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1884
• Railway stations in Great Britain closed in 1951