Heritage railway stations · North East England
Wellfield railway station
Wellfield railway station in England North East, United Kingdom.
Richard Webb — CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons licence
Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 1 h–2 h
- Free entry
About
Wellfield 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
Wellfield railway station was a railway station that served the village of Wingate in County Durham, England. It was built by the North Eastern Railway (NER) on the route of the Hartlepool Dock & Railway (HD&R) to allow interchange between the existing line and their newly opened line from Stockton-on-Tees.
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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 (D&SR)) 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…
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- Coordinates
- 54.7382, -1.3716
- District
- County Durham
- Parish
- Castle Eden
- Postcode
- TS27 4TD
- Parliamentary constituency
- Easington
Sources
- wikidata: Q48813892 (CC0)
- wikipedia: Wellfield railway station (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Wellfield railway station?
- Wellfield railway station is in North-East England, United Kingdom (postcode TS27 4TD), in the parish of Castle Eden.
- Is Wellfield railway station free to visit?
- Yes, Wellfield railway station is free to enter.
- How do I get to Wellfield railway station?
- Drivers can navigate to postcode TS27 4TD. It sits within the Easington parliamentary constituency.