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332:. On 14 September 1970, Eastgate became a public delivery siding and continued in this role until the withdrawal of the remaining local goods services on 14 September 1980. Cement traffic continued, however, and so the line was retained. Then, in 1988, BR introduced a summer Sunday extension to the regular
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received unanimous outline approval by the County Durham strategic planning committee. This plan would have involved the opening of a new station at
Eastgate to serve new development on the site of the cement works (demolished in 2005) but the withdrawal of government funding in 2010 put the plans
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The station had a goods shed (which still remains as the only remaining example of one of many similar goods sheds on the
Wearhead extension of the line) and a number of sidings however the lack of run-round facilities meant that all shunting had to be carried by a rope attached to the locomotive.
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British Railways on 29 June 1953 when passenger services on the branch west of Wear Valley Junction were withdrawn, though goods traffic continued to serve the station for some years. In 1961 the line was cut back to
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were reintroduced on 23 May 2010 and continued until the end of the 2012 season. However, in June 2014 a limited, volunteer-run passenger service was reintroduced between
Stanhope and Wolsingham using a
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Weardale Railway did, however remain active and, after major efforts to clear the line of vegetation and repair damaged tracks, passenger services along the section between Stanhope and
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340:'Heritage Line' service as far as Stanhope and this was continued until the service was withdrawn after the summer of 1992 followed by the remaining cement traffic on 17 March 1993.
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320:), just to the west of Eastgate station. This had opened in 1964 and utilised purpose built railway container waggons to transport most of the cement that it produced to
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Stanhope in July 2004. However the organisation struggled financially and the service was suspended a short time later, not recommencing until August 2006.
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Rather than close the line when freight traffic was withdrawn, BR mothballed it and a campaign began in 1993 to preserve the line as a heritage railway.
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was the first line to truly enter the dale when it opened as a branch from Witton
Junction to
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in 1862. However it was not until 21 October 1895 that the railway reached
Eastgate when the
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627:"Trains stop in County Durham village for first time in 50 years | The Northern Echo"
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Williams, Adam (July 2010). "Regular passenger services return to
Weardale".
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451:"Quiet victory as railway reopens - Today's News - News - Journal Live"
533:"Eastgate eco-village plan for former Lafarge site stalls - BBC News"
508:"Eastgate Renewable Energy Village Threatened | The Northern Echo"
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under threat and by 2013 the project appeared to have stalled.
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and
Bishopley on 3 August 1847 and this was then extended to
481:"Plans for Eastgate eco village approved - The Journal"
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371:and on 27 March 2016 this service was extended to
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1787:Railway stations in Great Britain closed in 1953
1782:Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1895
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354:On 29 September 2009, the development of the
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1777:Former North Eastern Railway (UK) stations
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1772:Disused railway stations in County Durham
1617:South Durham and Lancashire Union Railway
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41:The site of the station in February 2008
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270:Bishop Auckland & Weardale Railway
1584:Darlington and Barnard Castle Railway
599:Henderson, Tony (29 September 2015).
574:"Statement by Ed Ellis 15 March 2013"
7:
1451:Byers Green Branch and NER Extension
1252:Bishop Auckland and Weardale Railway
304:and opened the station at Eastgate.
837:NER Annfield and Beamish Deviations
506:McAteer, Owen (25 September 2010).
300:extended the line from Stanhope to
244:from 1895 to 1953 as a stop on the
14:
1797:1953 disestablishments in England
393:"Disused Stations: Crook Station"
356:Eastgate Renewable Energy Village
294:Frosterley & Stanhope Railway
1159:Great North of England, Clarence
712:
625:Russell, Helen (27 March 2016).
280:) in November 1843. However the
163:British Railways (North Eastern)
1621:Stockton and Darlington Railway
1385:Stockton and Hartlepool Railway
1163:and Hartlepool Junction Railway
449:Mackay, Neil (17 August 2006).
1792:1895 establishments in England
1219:Durham to Bishop Auckland Line
1:
911:Durham and Sunderland Railway
425:"Disused Stations: Eastgate"
1381:Hartlepool Dock and Railway
1237:Willington (County Durham)
1209:Waterhouses (County Durham)
781:Closed railway stations in
197:14 September 1980
1818:
1121:Weardale Extension Railway
719:Proposed Heritage railways
1000:Aldin Grange for Bearpark
977:Lanchester Valley Railway
834:Stanhope and Tyne Railway
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678:Line closed, station open
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345:Weardale Railways Limited
260:was a slow process: the
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174:21 October 1895
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1129:Crawley (Northumberland)
232:, served the village of
226:Eastgate railway station
1802:Stanhope, County Durham
1569:Wynyard (County Durham)
1196:Deerness Valley Railway
704:Line and station closed
256:Railway development in
921:Seaton (County Durham)
791:Derwent Valley Railway
369:class 122 "Bubble Car"
1713:Middleton-in-Teesdale
1428:Hartlepool (HD&R)
686:North Eastern Railway
298:North Eastern Railway
149:North Eastern Railway
1449:Port Clarence Branch
1290:East Coast Main Line
1270:Wear Valley Junction
1111:Wear Valley Junction
1076:Westgate-in-Weardale
744:Westgate-in-Weardale
700:Westgate-in-Weardale
562:. London. p. 9.
364:Bishop Auckland West
230:Eastgate-in-Weardale
192:Closed to passengers
1705:Tees Valley Railway
1551:Castle Eden Railway
1488:Stockton (Clarence)
1351:Hawthorn Tower Halt
1139:Saltersgate Cottage
1058:Wear Valley Railway
282:Wear Valley Railway
85: /
47:General information
1738:Tanfield Waggonway
1685:Stockton (S&D)
1510:Billingham-on-Tees
1366:Blackhall Colliery
1038:Durham (Gilesgate)
936:Haswell (D&S)
668:Following station
656:Preceding station
272:reached as far as
242:North East England
89:54.7419°N 2.0695°W
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1690:Newport (S&D)
1447:Simpasture Branch
1333:Durham Coast Line
1043:Sherburn Colliery
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662:Disused railways
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512:The Northern Echo
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207:Closed completely
127:Other information
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1444:Clarence Railway
1341:Seaham Hall Dene
1227:Brandon Colliery
1033:Belmont (Durham)
914:NER Elvet Branch
875:Pelton (S&T)
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228:, also known as
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1071:St Johns Chapel
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