Heritage railway stations · North East England
Consett railway station
Consett railway station in England North East, United Kingdom.
Pauline Eccles — CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons licence
Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 1 h–2 h
- Free entry
About
Consett railway station is a place of interest in England North East, United Kingdom — drawn from open-data sources for visitor reference. See the linked Wikipedia article for the full description.
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From the Wikipedia article
Consett was a railway station built by the North Eastern Railway on the route of the Stanhope and Tyne Railway, in County Durham, North East England. It served the industrial town of Consett from 1896 until 1980.
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Background
History
Opened on 17 August 1896 by the North Eastern Railway, it became part of the London and North Eastern Railway during the Grouping of 1923. The station then passed on to the North Eastern Region of British Railways on nationalisation in 1948. It was not the first station to serve the town, as one had been opened by the NER in 1862 as the terminus of its Lanchester Valley Railway from . That station lasted only five years, as the LVR was extended northwards to Newcastle via & and a new station was opened at Benfieldside on the northern edge of the town. This was renamed "Consett" in 1882 and again to "Consett & Blackhill" (as it was closer to the latter community) in 1885, before eventually…
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- Coordinates
- 54.8510, -1.8273
- District
- County Durham
- Parish
- County Durham, unparished area
- Postcode
- DH8 7JN
- Parliamentary constituency
- Blaydon and Consett
- Official site
- www.leisureworks.net
Sources
- wikidata: Q15211527 (CC0)
- wikipedia: Consett railway station (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Consett railway station?
- Consett railway station is in North-East England, United Kingdom (postcode DH8 7JN), in the parish of County Durham, unparished area.
- Is Consett railway station free to visit?
- Yes, Consett railway station is free to enter.
- How do I get to Consett railway station?
- Drivers can navigate to postcode DH8 7JN. It sits within the Blaydon and Consett parliamentary constituency.