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Williams, Adam (July 2010). "Regular passenger services return to
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Railway passenger stations in
England, Scotland and Wales - a chronology
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562:Russell, Helen (27 March 2016).
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1514:Stockton and Darlington Railway
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499:. London. p. 9.
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407:Quick, M E (2002).
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