Greatham railway station

Greatham railway station served the village of Greatham in the Borough of Hartlepool, North East England, from 1841 to 1991 on what became the Durham Coast Line.

Greatham
The remains of the station in 2002
General information
Location	Greatham, Hartlepool England
Coordinates	54.6342°N 1.2289°W / 54.6342; -1.2289
Grid reference	NZ498268
Platforms	2
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Original company	Stockton and Hartlepool Railway
Pre-grouping	North Eastern Railway
Post-grouping	London and North Eastern Railway British Railways (North Eastern Region) British Rail (Eastern Region)
Key dates
10 February 1841 (1841-02-10)	Opened
24 November 1991 (1991-11-24)	Closed

History

The station was opened on 10 February 1841 as a stop on the Stockton and Hartlepool Railway,^[1] originally a branch line linking West Hartlepool to main line of the Clarence Railway near Billingham.^[2] Under the direction of the North Eastern Railway, a successor to the S&HR, a new line was constructed at Hartlepool in 1877 to provide a direct connection to the former Hartlepool Dock & Railway network operating northwards from the town,^[2] thus allowing through running towards Sunderland and beginning the process of integrating the S&HR into what would become the Durham Coast Line.

The station survived the Beeching cuts but was later downgraded to an unstaffed halt. It was ultimately closed to all traffic on 24 November 1991, after having its service reduced to minimal levels for much of the previous decade.^[3][4]

The disused station platforms remain at the site, but all station buildings have been demolished and the signal box was due to be demolished in October 2020.^{[citation needed]}

References

1. M E Quick, Railway Passenger Stations in England Scotland and Wales—A Chronology, The Railway and Canal Historical Society, 2002, p. 194
2. Hill, Norman (2001). Teesside Railways A View From The Past. Hersham: Ian Allan Publishing Ltd. pp. 4, 23. ISBN 0711028036.
3. "List of dates from 1 January 1985 to 20 January 2006 of last passenger trains at closed BR (or Network Rail stations since privatisation)". Department for Transport Website: Freedom of Information Act responses, February 2006. Department for Transport. 2006. Archived from the original on 7 June 2009. Retrieved 6 February 2012.
4. "Greatham railway station (site), County Durham". Geograph. Retrieved 1 July 2017.

External links

Preceding station	Historical railways			Following station
Billingham-on-Tees Line open; station closed		North Eastern Railway Durham Coast Line		Seaton Carew Line and station open
Billingham Line and station open		British Rail (Eastern Region) Durham Coast Line		Seaton Carew Line and station open