Barnard Castle railway station

Barnard Castle
Barnard Castle railway station in 1953
Location	Barnard Castle England
Grid reference	NZ053169
Other information
Status	Disused
Key dates
9 July 1856	1st station opened
1 May 1862	1st station closed
1965	Closed to freight
30 November 1964	2nd station closed

Barnard Castle railway station was situated on the South Durham & Lancashire Union Railway between Bishop Auckland and Kirkby Stephen East. The railway station served the town of Barnard Castle.

The first station (at grid reference

NZ053169) opened to passenger traffic on 9 July 1856, and was closed to passengers on 1 May 1862 when services were diverted to the second station which had opened in 1861. Freight traffic continued to use the first station until 1965.

The second station closed to passengers on 30 November 1964.

Today the site of the second station is a car park for the nearby GlaksoSmithKline factory.

References[]

• Walton, Peter (1992). The Stainmore & Eden Valley Railways. Oxford Publishing Co. ISBN 0-86093-306-7.
• Butt, R.V.J. (1995). The Directory Of Railway Stations. Patrick Stephens Limited. ISBN 1-85260-508-1.
• British Railways Pre-Grouping Atlas And Gazetteer. Ian Allan Publishing. 1997 [1958]. ISBN 0-7110-0320-3.

External links[]

• Barnard Castle station at Disused Stations

Preceding station		Disused railways		Following station
Broomielaw		North Eastern Railway Darlington and Barnard Castle Railway		Terminus
Lartington		North Eastern Railway South Durham & Lancashire Union Railway		Cockfield Fell
Terminus		North Eastern Railway Tees Valley Railway		Cotherstone

Coordinates: 54°33′11″N 1°55′16″W / 54.553°N 1.921°W / 54.553; -1.921