Lintz Green railway station

Lintz Green

Remains of the station in 2011
Location
Place England
Area County Durham
Coordinates 54°54′18″N 1°45′58″W / 54.905°N 1.766°W / 54.905; -1.766Coordinates: 54°54′18″N 1°45′58″W / 54.905°N 1.766°W / 54.905; -1.766
Operations
Original company North Eastern Railway
Pre-grouping North Eastern Railway
Post-grouping London and North Eastern Railway
Platforms ?
History
2 December 1867 Station opens
2 November 1953 Station closes
Disused railway stations in the United Kingdom
Closed railway stations in Britain
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Lintz Green Railway Station was on the Derwent Valley Railway Branch of the North Eastern Railway near Consett, Durham, England. The railway station opened with the rest of the line on 2 December 1867 and closed 2 November 1953. The station is now part of the Derwent Walk Country Park.

The station was infamous at the time for the unsolved 1911 murder of its stationmaster.

Unsolved murder

On the night of Saturday 7 October 1911 the sixty-year-old stationmaster, Joseph Wilson, was shot when returning home after closing his office at the station. Although he did not die instantly, when questioned, Wilson was unable to communicate who had shot him.

The motive for the killing was probably robbery as Wilson was in the habit of carrying the day's takings from the booking office to his house, a trip of 50 yards, when he left for the night. On the day in question, however, he had transported the money earlier in the day.

Although the murder hunt, still one of the largest in the North East, involved two hundred officers nobody was convicted of the crime.

The prime suspect was the relief porter Samuel Atkinson who was arraigned at the local Magistrates' Court for the murder and sent for trial at the Assize Court in Durham. At the opening of the trial the local Chief Constable William E Morant appeared and offered no evidence against Atkinson, who was released.

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Preceding station Disused railways Following station
Rowlands Gill
Line and station closed
  London and North Eastern Railway
North Eastern Railway
  Hamsterley
Line and station closed

Derwent Valley Railway (County Durham)

Legend
Newcastle & Carlisle Railway
Scotswood
Scotswood Railway Bridge over River Tyne
To CarlisleBlaydon

Tyne Valley Line to Newcastle Central
(1867-1953)Swalwell
River Derwent
(1867-1954)Rowlands Gill
River Derwent
(1867-1953)Lintz Green
(1867-1942)High Westwood
(1867-1953)Ebchester
(1867-1953)Shotley Bridge
Stanhope and Tyne Railway to Tyne Dock
(1867-1955)Blackhill
Carrhouse(1858-1868)
Consett Iron Works
Consett(1896-1955)
(1862-1867)Consett
Lanchester Valley Railway to Durham
Hownes Gill Viaduct
Rowley
WXR to Crook and Bishop Auckland
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