Broomielaw | |
Status: | Disused |
Borough: | Broomielaw, County Durham |
Country: | England |
Coordinates: | 54.559°N -1.8732°W |
Grid Name: | Grid reference |
Platforms: | 1 |
Original: | Darlington and Barnard Castle Railway |
Pregroup: | Stockton and Darlington Railway North Eastern Railway |
Postgroup: | LNER British Railways (North Eastern) |
Events: | Opened (private) |
Years1: | 9 June 1942 |
Events1: | Opened to the public |
Years2: | 30 November 1964 |
Events2: | Closed to passengers |
Events3: | Closed to goods |
Broomielaw railway station co-served the hamlet of Broomielaw, County Durham, England, from 1856 to 1965 on the Darlington and Barnard Castle Railway.
The station was opened on 8 July 1856 by the Darlington and Barnard Castle Railway. It was situated on the west side of a minor road. It was first used privately by the Bowes-Lyon family who lived in Streatlam Castle. It was also used by children for excursions. It opened to the public on 9 June 1942, although it only showed as publicly opened in 1944 handbook of stations. It was shown as Broomilaw in Clinker's papers of 1945. To the north was a siding controlled by a signal boz to the west. The station closed to passengers on 30 November 1964[1] and closed to goods on 5 April 1965.[2]