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would be split into two for the descent. Up to 50 empty wagons could be managed on the return journey, the assisting locomotive then running light from the summit to
Barnard Castle. Snow could a problem on the line, especially between the summit and Belah, and the line was closed by the weather in 1942, 1947 and 1955.
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published his report "The
Reshaping of British Railways", which recommended closing the network's least used stations and lines. This listed the route Darlington–Barnard Castle–Middleton-in-Teesdale and the former Darlington and Barnard Castle Railway and Tees Valley Railway to Middleton in Teesdale
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with the S&DR via the
Derwent Valley; by 1860 this had grown into the Newcastle, Derwent & Weardale Railway, which now bypassed the S&DR and linked with the SD&LUR, and the North British and London & North Western (LNWR) railways were providing two thirds of the capital. The LNWR
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designed four more that were made in 1862; these were similar but without the cabs that were unpopular with the crews. Kirkby
Stephen became a junction station when the EVR opened to mineral traffic on 8 April 1862 and passengers began to be carried on 9 June 1862. The line between West Auckland and
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and the company received permission on 13 July 1857. The EVR had a choice of following the east and west bank of the Eden and the cheaper route on the east bank was chosen even though it was a mile longer. An Act received Royal Assent on 21 May 1858, the line turning south as it joined the main line
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An Act for making a
Railway from the Great North of England Railway at Thirsk in the North Riding of Yorkshire to the Lancaster and Carlisle Railway at Clifton in Westmorland, and a Railway from Bishop Auckland in the County of Durham to the Lancaster and Carlisle Railway at Tebay in Westmorland, to
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A proposal to close the line between
Barnard Castle and Penrith was published at the end of 1959. Freight was diverted via Newcastle and Carlisle from July 1960 and, despite objections, the last train ran on 20 January 1962. The passenger service was withdrawn on the remaining section of the former
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The 1947 LNER timetable shows three trains a day between
Darlington and Penrith, and another between Darlington and Kirkby Stephen, via the Darlington and Barnard Castle route. There were three trains a day from Darlington to Barnard Castle that continued on the branch to Middleton in Teesdale, and
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At the end of the 19th century the line would be typically used by twenty freight trains, mostly mineral traffic. Westbound, 'double load' trains of 32 wagons would be assisted on the rising gradient by a locomotive at the rear. At the summit, where there was a reservoir to provide water, trains
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The route between West
Auckland and Barnard Castle was changed after negotiations with the Duke of Cleveland, and a southwards facing junction was built at Tebay after protracted negotiations with the L&CR. A new station was built to replace the terminus at Barnard Castle. A mineral train ran
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Both the South Durham & Lancashire Union
Railway (SD&LUR) and the Eden Valley Railway (EVR) companies were formed on 20 September 1856. The SD&LUR route left the Stockton & Darlington Railway Haggerleases branch west of West Auckland, then crossed the Pennines to Tebay via Barnard
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in 1868. Doubling of the line to Tebay, except for Belah and Kirkby
Stephen and Kirkby Stephen and Sandy Bank had been approved by 1875. The section between Belah to Kirkby Stephen was approved in 1889, and this involved the doubling of the Aitygill, Merrygill and Podgill viaducts. Smardale Gill
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The ceremonial cutting of the first sod for the SD&LUR was at Kirkby Stephen on 25 August 1857, and that for the EVR was at Appleby on 28 July 1858. Land for two tracks purchased, but a single track line was laid. Bouch had laid out an economical route that followed the contours and avoided
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between Bishop Auckland and Barnard Castle, and it was a condition of the enabling Act that work on the two lines must be simultaneous. Attempts in 1847 and 1848 to repeal this clause failed and the company failed to raise the necessary finance to start work, its powers lapsed and was wound up.
1830:. Valleys were crossed by viaducts, including three made from wrought-iron that crossed the Tees, Deepdale and Belah rivers and cost a total of £77,400. The viaducts at Tees Valley, Deepdale, Belah and Smardale Gill were built wide enough for two tracks.
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station, were formed in 2000. They have re-instated a short section of the former SD&LUR line west of the main station building, which has also been restored by volunteers. Public passenger services were launched in August 2011 as part of a
2329:, who also care for Smardale Gill, Podgill and Merrygill viaducts which all survive. Another small section of the line, in close proximity to the current operating limits of the Stainmore Railway Company, has been converted into
2280:, known formally as the "Modernisation and Re-Equipment of the British Railways", was published in December 1954. With the aim of increasing speed and reliability, steam trains were replaced with electric and diesel traction and
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The S&DR worked traffic from the start, and initially two return services a day were provided between Redcar (except one early morning that started from Middlesbrough) and Tebay via Darlington. Two locomotives, No. 160
2252:(LNER). Until 1932 there were three passenger trains a day between Darlington and Tebay, with five trains a day between Kirkby Stephen and Penrith, and the line was also used for specials from Newcastle to Blackpool.
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between Barnard Castle and Barras on 26 March 1861, and mineral traffic worked through to Tebay from 4 July 1861. After an opening ceremony on 7 August 1861, the SD&LUR was open to passengers the following day.
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Traffic increased rapidly and the line was doubled, starting with the section from Bowes to the summit at Stainmore in 1866, followed by the line from Barnard Castle to the Tees Valley Junction. The NER opened the
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was proposed in 1852 that bypassed the Duke of Cleveland's estate, running from junction near North Road station and following the River Tees to Barnard Castle. An application in 1852 failed, but the
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gala, which celebrated 150 years since the SD&LUR was opened. As part of this celebration, a replica Stainmore Summit sign was cast and was erected in the position of the original.
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333:. In the early 1850s this ore was travelling the long way round via Newcastle and Carlisle from the Barrow-in-Furness area, and Durham coke was returning. A railway to serve
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two a day between Kirkby Stephen and Tebay. There were four services a day between Bishop Auckland and Barnard Castle, three of which continued to Middleton in Teesdale.
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A Regional History of the Railways of Great Britain: Volume IV The North East
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was given royal assent on 3 July 1854 and the railway opened on 8 July 1856.
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took over local passenger services on the line in February 1958.
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359:Castle, Kirkby Stephen. The route was surveyed by
76:. The line opened in 1861 and became known as the
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2733:"Modernisation and Re-Equipment of British Rail"
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44:(SD&LUR) built a railway line linking the
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3115:Closed railway lines in North East England
2813:"The Reshaping of British Railways (maps)"
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3075:Stainmore Railway Company official site
2201:, south of York, through Darlington to
2155:had been built for the line in 1860 by
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3090:Webpage about the railway's viaducts
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2787:"The Reshaping of British Railways"
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2943:Hedges, Martin, ed. (1981).
2842:"Stainmore 150 Celebrations"
2260:British Railways and closure
1834:Viaducts, from east to west
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89:Kirkby Stephen East station
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3085:The Northern Viaduct Trust
3035:Richardson, Keith (2007).
2990:. Andrew Reid and Company.
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997:Middleton-in-Teesdale Line
227:, crossed the Pennines to
103:United Kingdom legislation
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3135:Rail transport in Cumbria
2982:Tomlinson, William Weaver
2922:The North Eastern Railway
2920:Allen, Cecil J. (1974) .
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3048:. Ian Allan Publishing.
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412:Lancashire Union Railway
376:Construction and opening
2966:. David & Charles.
2671:, pp. 88, 113–114.
2297:Subsequent developments
2278:1955 Modernisation Plan
2234:Snowploughs on the line
2187:West Hartlepool Railway
569:Spring Gardens Junction
27:English railway company
3080:Stainmore Railway site
3044:Smith, Martin (1994).
2995:Walton, Peter (1992).
2846:www.stainmore150.co.uk
2335:Cumbria Wildlife Trust
2327:Northern Viaduct Trust
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2999:. Oxford Publishing.
2683:, tables 136 and 138.
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2282:Diesel Multiple Units
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2191:North Eastern Railway
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351:-mile (24.5 km)
305:discovered a seam of
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85:North Eastern Railway
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2737:The Railways Archive
2195:East Coast Main Line
1599:Settle–Carlisle line
247:and passed through
193:East Coast Main Line
58:West Coast Main Line
3095:History of the line
2892:"Waitby Greenriggs"
2693:LNER Timetable 1947
2681:LNER Timetable 1947
2644:, pp. 98, 149.
2591:, pp. 148–149.
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2463:, pp. 121–122.
2436:, pp. 523–525.
2409:, pp. 119–120.
2315:Kirkby Stephen East
2242:As a result of the
2220:Tees Valley Railway
2125:Kirkby Stephen East
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1537:Eden Valley Railway
1480:Kirkby Stephen East
219:to the L&CR at
2962:Hoole, K. (1974).
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410:South Durham &
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3055:978-0-7110-2273-7
2809:Beeching, Richard
2783:Beeching, Richard
2475:, pp. 74–75.
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2424:, pp. 10–11.
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2172:Amalgamation
2152:
2151:and No. 161
2148:
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2087:
2083:
2075:Walton (1992
1824:
1794:
1746:
1597:
1535:
1502:
995:
958:Tees Viaduct
816:
716:Butterknowle
508:
448:
361:Thomas Bouch
357:
319:Derwent Iron
303:John Vaughan
296:
256:
182:
169:27 July 1846
165:Royal assent
82:
77:
41:
39:
29:
2758:Walton 1992
2743:25 November
2710:Walton 1992
2669:Hedges 1981
2654:Walton 1992
2642:Walton 1992
2630:Walton 1992
2601:Walton 1992
2589:Walton 1992
2514:Walton 1992
2502:Walton 1992
2485:Walton 1992
2473:Walton 1992
2449:Walton 1992
2422:Walton 1992
2371:Walton 1992
2359:Walton 1992
2313:, based at
2290:Dr Beeching
2199:Knottingley
1879:Langleydale
253:Eden Valley
217:Eden Valley
209:Tees Valley
3104:Categories
2973:0715364391
2947:. Hamyln.
2770:Hoole 1974
2618:Hoole 1974
2562:Allen 1974
2550:Allen 1974
2538:Allen 1974
2526:Allen 1974
2461:Allen 1974
2407:Allen 1974
2395:Allen 1974
2341:References
2213:Operations
2183:Hartlepool
2109:Lartington
2019:Merry-Gill
1997:60–196 ft
1966:Merry-Gill
1961:50–161 ft
1944:65–132 ft
1913:Percy Beck
1028:Lartington
822:Darlington
331:Lancashire
327:Cumberland
323:phosphorus
249:Wharfedale
245:Headingley
195:(ECML) at
136:Long title
2926:Ian Allan
2826:4 January
2800:4 January
2067:40–90 ft
2048:84–60 ft
2031:40–78 ft
2014:30–94 ft
2002:Haty-Gill
1978:40–78 ft
1925:20–66 ft
1908:16–43 ft
1896:Forthburn
1891:27–76 ft
1874:70–93 ft
213:Stainmore
183:When the
52:with the
2984:(1915).
2811:(1963).
2785:(1963).
2153:Lowther,
2149:Brougham
2141:Gaisgill
2131:Smardale
2093:Evenwood
2073:source:
2054:Smardale
2036:Pod Gill
1949:Deepdale
1861:Gaunless
1717:Gaisgill
1561:Smardale
818:D&BR
610:Evenwood
510:S&DR
450:S&DR
307:iron ore
215:and the
201:Richmond
189:Pennines
147:Citation
2914:Sources
2822:. map 9
2159:with a
1991:1070 ft
1855:Height
1143:Hulands
366:Clifton
346:⁄
276:⁄
237:Appleby
231:, then
221:Clifton
154:c. cclx
99:Origins
3052:
3003:
2970:
2951:
2932:
2901:5 July
2876:5 July
2851:5 July
2189:. The
2119:Barras
2061:553 ft
2042:466 ft
2025:366 ft
2008:324 ft
1972:366 ft
1955:740 ft
1938:732 ft
1919:260 ft
1902:248 ft
1885:411 ft
1868:640 ft
1850:No. of
1847:Length
1283:Barras
421:Legend
225:Thirsk
207:, the
64:, via
2816:(PDF)
2790:(PDF)
2346:Notes
2197:from
2161:4-4-0
2114:Bowes
2058:Stone
2039:Stone
2022:Stone
2005:Stone
1984:Belah
1969:Stone
1916:Stone
1899:Stone
1882:Stone
1852:spans
1845:Total
1772:Tebay
1165:Bowes
311:Eston
287:Tebay
243:near
229:Hawes
159:Dates
62:Tebay
60:) at
56:(the
48:near
3050:ISBN
3021:LNER
3001:ISBN
2968:ISBN
2949:ISBN
2930:ISBN
2903:2017
2878:2017
2853:2017
2828:2014
2820:HMSO
2802:2014
2794:HMSO
2745:2006
2309:The
1988:Iron
1952:Iron
1935:Iron
1931:Tees
1865:Iron
1842:Type
1839:Name
1694:A685
1648:A685
1457:A685
329:and
301:and
199:via
72:and
40:The
2222:to
1212:A66
1188:A67
1089:A67
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364:at
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1941:7
1922:8
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1888:9
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