Ferryhill and Pelaw

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Commencement
Ferryhill South Junction (No. 3 SB)
Termination
Pelaw Junction
Zero Point
NER Abbreviation
F & P
NER Line Name
Ferryhill & Pelaw (via Leamside)
NER Line Number
N59 

Line Diagram

Mileage   No.   Details
000ch
Ferryhill South Junction
Junction, but not zero point, later moved to 56m 24ch on York and Newcastle line
010ch
Ferryhill No. 3 Signal Box
076ch
Ferryhill North Junction
160ch
Coxhoe Junction
203ch 5
Culvert
    205ch 6
    Footbridge
      Thinford Junction
      From West Cornforth, up side
      240ch
      Thinford Junction Signal Box
      249ch
      Ground Frame
      250ch
      Thinford Siding
      255ch 7
      Thinford Bridge
        259ch 8
        Culvert
          264ch 9
          Culvert
            266ch
            Tursdale Junction
            266ch 10
            Culvert
            274ch 11
            Tursdale Beck
            276ch
            Tursdale Colliery
            Colliery closed 06.1931, latterly served N.C.B. Central Area Workshops
            305ch
            Occupation Crossing
            315ch
            Foot Crossing
            326ch
            Occupation Crossing
            364ch 12
            Culvert
            364ch
            Bowburn Sewage Works Crossing
            412ch
            Occupation Crossing
            417ch
            Bowburn Colliery Signal Box
            418ch
            Bowburn Colliery
            Colliery closed 22.07.1967
            427ch
            Bowburn Crossing
            457ch
            Occupation Crossing
            471ch
            Shincliffe Bank Signal Box
            511ch 13
            South Grange Bridge
            525ch
            Shincliffe Signal Box
            525ch
            Shincliffe
            530ch 14
            A177 Road
            541ch
            Occupation Crossing
            561ch 15
            Underline Bridge
            578ch 16
            Culvert
            606ch 17
            Culvert
            608ch 18
            Occupation Bridge
            608ch 18A
            A1(M) Road
            628ch
            Whitwell Signal Box
            629ch
            Whitwell House Crossing
            636ch 19
            Occupation Bridge
            648ch 20
            Occupation Bridge
            651ch 21
            Culvert
            657ch 22
            A181 Road
            702ch 23
            Occupation Bridge
            706ch 24
            Sherburn Beck
            710ch 25
            Underline Bridge
            737ch
            Sherburn Colliery Station Signal Box
            738ch 26
            B1283 Road
            741ch
            Sherburn Colliery
            766ch 27
            Occupation Bridge
            770ch
            Sherburn Colliery Signal Box
            Reduced to ground frame 'North' by 1934 (WTT)
            770ch
            Sherburn Colliery
            Sherburn Hill Colliery closed 07.08.1965
            771ch
            Sherburn Colliery Junction
            772ch 28
            Culvert
            777ch 29
            Occupation Bridge
            804ch 30
            Murton and Durham Branch Bridge
            809ch 31
            Culvert
            815ch
            Occupation Crossing
            841ch 32
            Pittington Lane
            877ch 33
            A690 Road
            905ch
            Occupation Crossing
            905ch
            Belmont Signal Box
            907ch 34
            Occupation Road
            Belmont
            910ch
            Belmont Junction
            937ch 35
            Culvert
            944ch 36
            Occupation Road
            962ch
            Boyd's Crossing
            963ch 37
            Culvert
            966ch
            Occupation Crossing
            969ch
            Auckland Signal Box
            971ch
            Auckland Junction
            1004ch 38
            Lambton Railway Bridge
            1007ch
            Leamside
            1008ch
            Leamside Signal Box
            1010ch 39
            Footbridge
            1014ch
            Goods Dock
            1014ch
            Occupation Crossing
            1016ch 40
            Leamside Bridge
            1018ch
            Foot Crossing
            1021ch
            Foot Crossing
            1031ch
            Adventure Pit Ground Frame
            1031ch
            Rainton Colliery
            1044ch 40A
            Rainton Colliery Bridge
            1051ch
            Foot Crossing
            1068ch 41
            Mark's Lane
            1114ch
            Occupation Crossing
            1129ch 42
            Culvert
            1133ch 43
            Occupation Road
            1139ch 44
            Occupation Road
            1146ch 45
            Culvert
            1156ch
            Occupation Crossing
            Rainton Crossing Junction
            From Rainton Meadows
            1162ch
            Rainton Crossing Signal Box
            1175ch 46
            Black Boy Bridge
            1206ch
            Newbottle Lane Signal Box
            1206ch
            Newbottle Lane Crossing
            1213ch
            Occupation Crossing
            1225ch
            Lambton Colliery Co's Siding
            1227ch
            South Sidings Ground Frame
            1228ch
            Occupation Crossing
            1243ch
            Fencehouses Signal Box
            1244ch
            A1052 road
            1244ch 47
            Footbridge
            1248ch
            Fencehouses
            1265ch
            Fencehouses Goods Yard Ground Frame
            1268ch 48
            Lumley Park Burn
            1272ch 49
            New Lambton Bridge
            1320ch 50
            Lambton Railway Bridge
            1342ch 51
            Wapping Bridge
            1346ch
            Wapping Bridge Signal Box
            1419ch 52
            Biddick Hall Road Bridge
            1427ch 52A
            A182 Road
            1447ch
            Penshaw
            1447ch
            Penshaw Signal Box
            1453ch 53
            A182 Road
            1453ch
            Occupation Crossing
            1458ch
            Lambton Colliery Co's Siding
            1471ch 54
            Public Road
            1477ch
            Penshaw North Signal Box
            1477ch
            Penshaw Junction
            Junction and zero point originally at 14m 74ch
            1514ch 55
            Low Lambton Farm Bridge
            1517ch 56
            Lambton Farm Bridge
            1519ch 57
            Culvert
            1521ch
            to
            1538ch
            58
            Victoria Viaduct
            1546ch 59
            Occupation Road
            1555ch 60
            Culvert
            1574ch
            Washington South Signal Box
            1575ch
            Pontop and South Shields Line
            1576ch
            Washington South Junction
            1612ch 61
            Footbridge
            1618ch
            Washington Station Signal Box
            On platform; Closed post 1950 (WTT)
            1618ch 62
            Footbridge
            1620ch
            Washington
            1624ch 63
            Public Road
            1638ch
            Foot Crossing
            1642ch
            Occupation Crossing
            1663ch 64
            Occupation Road
            1704ch
            Occupation Crossing
            1732ch
            Snowdon's Farm Crossing
            1742ch
            Usworth
            1745ch
            Usworth Signal Box
            1746ch
            B1289 Road
            1763ch
            Jews Crossing
            1806ch
            Occupation Crossing
            1828ch
            Usworth Colliery Signal Box
            Closed post 1950 (WTT)
            1828ch
            Usworth Colliery
            1829ch
            Waterloo Crossing
            1835ch 65
            Culvert
            1850ch
            East House Crossing
            1866ch 66
            Culvert
            1902ch
            Occupation Crossing
            1910ch
            Follingsby Lane Crossing
            1910ch
            Follingsby Signal Box
            Reduced to gate box by 1934 (WTT)
            1937ch
            Occupation Crossing
            1959ch 67
            Culvert
            1960ch
            Occupation Crossing
            1967ch
            Follingsby Freightliner Terminal
            1967ch
            Follingsby Opencast Disposal Point
            1975ch 68
            A184 road
            1976ch
            Wardley Signal Box
            Opened after 1934 (WTT)
            1977ch
            Follingsby Colliery
            Renamed Usworth Colliery 20.01.1969
            2015ch 69
            Occupation Road
            2021ch 70
            Pontop and Jarrow Railway
            2025ch 71
            Quality Terrace
            2035ch 72
            Public Road
            2061ch 73
            Metro Bridge
            2068ch
            Pelaw Junction

            Sources used:

            • North East Lines and Stations, S. Bragg, NERA. Line Reference: Ia. Diagram(s): D13.