Heritage railway stations · North East England
Hart railway station
Hart railway station in England North East, United Kingdom.
Gordon Hatton — CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons licence
Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 1 h–2 h
- Free entry
About
Hart 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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Heritage listing
View northwest from the site of the station in 2006. The Durham Coast Line can be seen veering off to the right while the route of the line towards Haswell and Ferryhill can be seen continuing straight ahead.
From the Wikipedia article
Hart railway station was a station that served the villages of Hart and Crimdon in County Durham, England. The station was built by the Hartlepool Dock & Railway as a stop on their main line between Hartlepool and Haswell but, under its successors, would later become a stop on the Hartlepool–Haswell–Sunderland, Hartlepool–Ferryhill and Durham Coast line.
Excerpt from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0. See the source article linked in Sources below.
Background
Description
Construction of the HD&R was first authorised by an Act of Parliament obtained on 1 June 1832 which granted the railway company powers to construct a 14-mile railway from Moorsley (near Houghton-le-Spring) to Hartlepool as well as a number of short branches to serve collieries surrounding the line and a further Act of 16 June 1834 authorised an additional branch to Gilesgate in the City of Durham. However competition from other railway companies (most notably the Durham & Sunderland Railway) diverted much of the traffic that the company had been intending to access along other routes thus meaning that the H&DR only reached as far as and most of its branches were either cut short or left…
Sourced from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Coordinates
- 54.7194, -1.2517
- District
- Hartlepool
- Parish
- Hartlepool, unparished area
- Postcode
- TS24 9RG
- Parliamentary constituency
- Hartlepool
Sources
- wikidata: Q105564070 (CC0)
- wikipedia: Hart railway station (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Hart railway station?
- Hart railway station is in North-East England, United Kingdom (postcode TS24 9RG), in the parish of Hartlepool, unparished area.
- Is Hart railway station free to visit?
- Yes, Hart railway station is free to enter.
- How do I get to Hart railway station?
- Drivers can navigate to postcode TS24 9RG. It sits within the Hartlepool parliamentary constituency.