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Beamish railway station

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1435: 52: 270:. The signal box was to the south and to the east was a goods shed with four sidings and a loading bank. Passenger numbers started to decline in the 1920s when bus services were introduced. This led to the station closing on 21 September 1953. It remained open to goods until 2 August 1960. The station itself was demolished but the signal box remained until 1982. After it was demolished, the signal box from 286:
On 9 December 1964, twenty three coal wagons uncoupled from a shunter and ran down the line until colliding with another goods train. This resulted in one death and the line being blocked for several days. Sixty men had to work on cleaning up the debris while the trains were diverted via
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This article is about the former public railway station serving the village of
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Railway passenger stations in England, Scotland and Wales - a chronology
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Beamish, County Durham
Beamish Museum
Beamish Museum § Railway station

Beamish
County Durham
54°52′37″N 1°39′09″W / 54.8769°N 1.6526°W / 54.8769; -1.6526
North Eastern Railway
North Eastern Railway
London and North Eastern Railway
British Railways (North Eastern)
Beamish
County Durham
North East England
North Eastern Railway
Stanhope and Tyne Railway
North Eastern Railway
Carrhouse
Beamish Museum
Lanchester
OCLC
931112387


"Beamish"
Historical railways
Pelton
North Eastern Railway
Stanhope and Tyne Railway
West Stanley

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