Dearness Valley Branch

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Commencement
Dearness Valley Junction
Termination
Boundary on Line to Hedley Hill
Zero Point
NER Abbreviation
D V Br
NER Line Name
Dearness Valley Branch
NER Line Number
N49 

Line Diagram

Mileage   No.   Details
000ch
Dearness Valley Junction
005ch 1
Footbridge
005ch
Dearness Valley Junction (Dearness Valley Junction to Baxter Wood No. 2)
007ch
Siding
016ch
Occupation Crossing
020ch
Dearness West Signal Box
022ch 1A
Culvert
033ch
Occupation Crossing
044ch 2
Occupation Road
071ch
Occupation Crossing
071ch 3
Gutter Gill
072ch
Occupation Crossing
109ch
Occupation Crossing
121ch
Occupation Crossing
121ch
Occupation Crossing
135ch
Occupation Crossing
135ch
Occupation Crossing
150ch
Occupation Crossing
150ch
Occupation Crossing
159ch
Ushaw Moor Goods Ground Frame
163ch
Occupation Crossing
163ch 4
Footbridge
166ch
Ushaw Moor
165ch 4
Underline Bridge
Under up line only, replaced by footbridge no 4
169ch
to
175ch
5
River Dearness Viaduct
177ch
New Brancepath Colliery
Colliery closed 17.07.1953, stocking site opened 1953 and closed 1964
178ch
New Brancepath Signal Box
205ch
Occupation Crossing
242ch
Occupation Crossing
251ch
to
256ch
6
Ushaw Moor viaduct
262ch
Ushaw Moor Colliery
Colliery closed 05.08.1960
262ch
Ushaw Moor Signal Box
274ch 7
Broadgate Road
305ch 8
Over Stream
310ch 9
Flass Hall Lane
328ch
Occupation Crossing
340ch 10
Culvert
342ch
Ground Frame
361ch 11
River Dearness
Extends from 3m 60ch to 3m 61.25ch
362ch
Flass Signal Box
364ch
Cornsay Colliery
2.25 mile line to colliery which closed 09.1953, but attached brickworks continued in use to c.1962
410ch 12
River Dearness
415ch 13
River Dearness
423ch
Occupation Crossing
435ch
Waterhouses Signal Box
439ch
Waterhouses
441ch
Station Ground Frame
452ch
Brickyard Crossing Gate Cabin
Renamed Lymington Crosssing 09.1923
453ch
Level Crossing
464ch
Occupation Crossing
507ch 14
Rope Incline Bridge
517ch
Waterhouses Goods Signal Box
517ch
Level Crossing
518ch
Goods Depot
Waterhouses Goods Station
524ch
Goods Dock
525ch
Waterhouses Colliery
557ch 15
Ivesley Lane
566ch
East Hedley Hope Colliery
End of NER; 2.25 mile line to colliery which closed 31.01.1959

Sources used:

  • North East Lines and Stations, S. Bragg, NERA. Line Reference: Ml. Diagram(s): D26.