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Coundon railway station

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and Bishop Auckland was fairly light and as a consequence Coundon station closed to passenger on 4 December 1939 when passenger services on the line west of Spennymoor were withdrawn. The station closed completely in May 1948 though freight continued to pass through its site until September 1956.
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to Burnhouse Junction, where it joined the earlier Byers Green Branch built by the Clarence Railway (a predecessor of the NER) in 1837. Beyond Burnhouse Junction, passenger trains continued over the former CR route to
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The trackbed of the railway through Coundon has been converted into the
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Coundon Road railway station

New Coundon
County Durham
54°39′57″N 1°38′57″W / 54.6657°N 1.6493°W / 54.6657; -1.6493
Grid reference
NZ227300
North Eastern Railway
North Eastern Railway
LNER
Coundon
New Coundon
County Durham
North East England
Bishop Auckland
Ferryhill
North Eastern Railway (NER)
Clarence Railway (CR)
single-track line
Bishop Auckland
Ferryhill
Spennymoor
Auckland Walk



ISBN
0711008299
ISBN
0711028036

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