Croft Spa railway station

Croft Spa

Croft Spa station from the signal cabin in 1908
Location
Place Croft-on-Tees
Area Darlington
Coordinates 54°28′59″N 1°33′01″W / 54.4830°N 1.5504°W / 54.4830; -1.5504Coordinates: 54°28′59″N 1°33′01″W / 54.4830°N 1.5504°W / 54.4830; -1.5504
Grid reference NZ292099
Operations
Original company Great North of England Railway
Pre-grouping North Eastern Railway
Post-grouping London and North Eastern Railway
Platforms 2
History
30 March 1841 Station opened as Croft
1 October 1896 Station renamed Croft Spa
3 March 1969 Station closed
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Croft Spa railway station was a railway station serving the settlements of Croft-on-Tees and Hurworth-on-Tees in County Durham, England.

The station was located on the East Coast Main Line between Northallerton and Darlington. It was served by local trains on the East Coast Main Line, and also trains operating the Eryholme-Richmond branch line.

History

The first railway to Croft-on-Tees was built by the coal-carrying Stockton and Darlington Railway (S&DR) as one of its many short branches to serve collieries. The Croft branch left the main line to the South, near Darlington Bank Top station.[1] A passenger station opened on 27 October 1829.[2]

The section of the Great North of England Railway (GNoER) between Darlington and York opened (for goods traffic only) on 4 January 1841;[3] and passenger trains along the line were introduced on 30 March 1841,[4] when a station at Croft was opened by the GNoER, which allowed the S&DR passenger station to be closed on the same day.[2] The GNoER, after a series of amalgamations, became part of the North Eastern Railway (NER) when that was formed in 1854.[5] The NER renamed the station Croft Spa on 1 October 1896;[6] and the NER in turn amalgamated with other railways to form the London and North Eastern Railway during the Grouping of 1923. Passing on to the Eastern Region of British Railways on nationalisation in 1948. In 1958 local trains between Northallerton and Darlington ceased stopping and it was then served only by trains to and from the Richmond branch until its closure by the British Railways Board on 3 March 1969.[7]

The station was demolished in 1970 leaving no trace of its existence but trains still pass the site on the East Coast Main Line.

See also

References

  1. Allen 1974, p. 32
  2. 1 2 Butt 1995, p. 71
  3. Allen 1974, p. 68
  4. Allen 1974, pp. 68, 69
  5. Allen 1974, p. 107
  6. Butt 1995, pp. 71, 72
  7. Butt 1995, p. 72

External links

Preceding station Historical railways Following station
Darlington Bank Top
Line and station open
  East Coast Main Line
Former local services
  Eryholme
Line open, station closed
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