Aldin Grange for Bearpark railway station

Aldin Grange for Bearpark
265px Aldin Grange for Bearpark railway station in 1965
Location
Place	Bearpark
Area	County Durham
Operations
Original company	North Eastern Railway
Pre-grouping	North Eastern Railway
Post-grouping	London and North Eastern Railway
History
May 1883	Station opens as Aldin Grange
19 June 1884	Station renamed Aldin Grange for Bearpark
1 May 1927	Station renamed Bearpark
1 May 1939	Station closes to regular traffic
26 April 1954	Last Miners' Gala excursion
1966	Closure to goods
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Aldin Grange for Bearpark railway station was located on the Lanchester Valley Railway that operated in County Durham, England. The railway station opened in 1883 as Aldin Grange, and was renamed Aldin Grange for Bearpark about a year later. In 1927 its name was changed to Bearpark. The station closed to passengers in 1939, although miners' gala excursions used the line until 1954, and freight then used the line until 1965.

History

Opened as part of the North Eastern Railway, it became part of the London and North Eastern Railway during the Grouping of 1923, and that company withdrew regular passenger services in 1939. Occasional excursions to the Durham Miners Gala joined the goods and Bearpark Colliery traffic until the last gala excursion in 1954, after the line had passed to the Eastern Region of British Railways on nationalisation in 1948. Goods traffic continued until 1966 and the line was lifted in 1967.

The Site Today

Today the site is a popular walk, the Lanchester Valley Railway Path. Nothing of the station remains.

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Durham		London and North Eastern Railway Lanchester Valley Railway		Witton Gilbert

External links

• Station on navigable O.S. map
• Sub Brit Page
• Lanchester Valley Railway Path