West Stanley railway station

The loop line between and was built by the North Eastern Railway (NER); it opened for freight trains on 1 January 1886. This deviation line allowed several steep rope-worked inclines (on the former Pontop and South Shields Railway section of the old Stanhope and Tyne Railway) to be avoided. Passenger stations on the loop line, including Shield Row, were opened on 1 February 1894. The final section of the deviation between Pelton and was opened for freight trains in 1893, and for passenger trains in 1896. On 1 January 1923, the NER amalgamated with other companies to form the London and North Eastern Railway (LNER). On 1 February 1934, the LNER renamed the station West Stanley. The station…

There is nothing to suggest that there was ever a station at the location. Most of the station site is now just an open grassy space; a row of garages have been built where the station buildings once stood. On the approaches to the station from Beamish, there used to be two substantial bridges that took the line over the A692 road; both have been demolished since closure and replaced by footbridges.