Leamside line

The Leamside Line, originally part of the Durham Junction Railway, is a disused railway line, located in the North East of England. The alignment diverges from the East Coast Main Line at Tursdale Junction, travelling a distance of 21 miles (34 kilometres) north through the Durham Coalfield and Washington, prior to joining the Durham Coast Line at Pelaw Junction. The Leamside Line closed to passenger traffic in 1964, under the Beeching cuts.

Leamside Line
The Victoria Viaduct over the River Wear.
Overview
StatusClosed
OwnerNetwork Rail
Locale
Service
TypeHeavy rail
SystemNational Rail
History
OpenedFrom 1838
Closed
  • 1964 (to passengers)
  • 1990s (to goods)
Technical
Line length21 miles (34 km)
Track gauge4 ft 8+12 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge
Leamside line
Tyne & Wear Metro (Yellow line)
to South Shields
Durham Coast Line
Newcastle–Sunderland
and Tyne & Wear Metro (Green line)
Airport & St James–South Hylton
Pelaw Metro station
Wardley Colliery
Usworth
Stanhope & Tyne Railway
to South Shields
Washington (2nd station..1850-1963)
Stanhope & Tyne Railway
to Annfield Plain & Consett
Victoria Viaduct
over River Wear
York, Newcastle & Berwick Railway
to Sunderland
Penshaw
Lambton Railway
to Collieries
Lambton Railway
to Collieries & Lambton Staithes
Fencehouses
Rainton & Seaham Railway
to Collieries & Seaham Harbour
Rainton
Rainton Crossing
Rainton Meadows
Leamside
Lambton Railway
to Collieries
Frankland
Belmont Junction (1844–1857)
Durham (Gilesgate) (1844–1857)
Lambton Railway
to Collieries & Lambton Staithes
Sherburn House
Durham Elvet (1893–1931)
Sherburn Colliery
Durham (1857– )
Shincliffe Town (1839–1893)
Shincliffe
Croxdale
Coxhoe
GNEC&HJR
to Hartlepool
Ferryhill
Stillington Line
to Stockton
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