Belasis Lane railway station served the ICI Billingham Manufacturing Plant in the town of Billingham, County Durham, England[1] from 1928 to 1964 on the Port Clarence branch of the former Clarence Railway[2] which had become part of the London and North Eastern Railway by the time the station opened.
Belasis Lane | |
|---|---|
_1782549_c79f3d4c.jpg) The remains of the station in 1970 | |
| General information | |
| Location | Billingham, Stockton-on-Tees England |
| Coordinates | 54°36′00″N 1°16′26″W / 54.6°N 1.274°W |
| Grid reference | NZ470230 |
| Platforms | 2 |
| Other information | |
| Status | Disused |
| History | |
| Original company | London and North Eastern Railway |
| Post-grouping | |
| Key dates | |
| May 1928 | Opened |
| 14 June 1954 | Closed to regular passenger services |
| 6 November 1961 | Closed to all passengers |
| 2 November 1964 | Closed completely |
History
editThe station was opened in May 1928 by the London and North Eastern Railway (LNER) on its branch to Port Clarence[2] which had been opened by the Clarence Railway (a predecessor of the LNER) in 1833. It was situated a short distance to the east of the junction between the former Clarence Railway and the former Stockton and Hartlepool Railway (now part of the Durham Coast Line).[3]
Regular passenger services on the Port Clarence branch (which had only run as far as Haverton Hill since 1939) were withdrawn completely on 14 June 1954[4] but due to its location being close to the ICI plant, Belasis Lane station remained open to the services for workmen until 6 November 1961 and goods traffic until 2 November 1964.[2] The line through the station remains open to freight traffic and provides access to the oil terminal and storage facilities at Seal Sands.[5]
References
edit- ^ "Station at Belasis Lane | Picture Stockton Archive". Picture Stockton Archive. Archived from the original on 12 August 2013. Retrieved 8 July 2017.
- ^ a b c "Belasis Lane Station (remains)". Geograph. Retrieved 4 July 2017.
- ^ Hill, Norman (2001). Teesside Railways A View From the Past. Ian Allan Publishing Ltd. p. 8. ISBN 0711028036.
- ^ Hoole, K. (1978). North Eastern Branch Lines Since 1925. Ian Allan ltd. p. 114. ISBN 0711008299.
- ^ Baker, S. K. (2013). Rail Atlas Great Britain and Ireland (13th ed.). Oxford Publishing Co. pp. 68 & 69. ISBN 9780860936510.
External links
edit| Preceding station | Disused railways | Following station | ||
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| Billingham-on-Tees Line open; station closed |
London and North Eastern Railway
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Haverton Hill Line open; station closed |
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