Cockfield Fell railway station explained

Cockfield Fell
Status:Disused
Borough:Cockfield, County Durham
Country:England
Coordinates:54.6173°N -1.8281°W
Grid Name:Grid reference
Platforms:2
Original:North Eastern Railway
Pregroup:North Eastern Railway
Events:Opened as Cockfield
Years1:1 July 1923
Events1:Renamed Cockfield Fell
Years2:15 September 1958
Events2:Closed to passengers
Events3:Closed completely

Cockfield Fell railway station was a railway station on the to section of the South Durham and Lancashire Union Railway that served the village of Cockfield, County Durham, North East England from 1863 to 1962.

History

The station was opened as Cockfield on 1 August 1863 by the North Eastern Railway on the route the SD&LUR, one of its predecessors. The suffix Fell was later added to the station's name on 1 July 1923[1] to avoid confusion with another London and North Eastern Railway station in Suffolk of the same name.[2] It closed to passengers on 15 September 1958 and to goods traffic on 18 June 1962.[3]

Notes and References

  1. M E Quick, Railway Passenger Stations in England Scotland and Wales—A Chronology, The Railway and Canal Historical Society, 2002, p. 124
  2. Web site: Disused Stations: Cockfield Station. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20100807114519/http://www.disused-stations.org.uk:80/c/cockfield_(suffolk)/index.shtml . 7 August 2010 . 19 June 2020. Disused Stations.
  3. Web site: Remains of Cockfield Fell station © Ben Brooksbank :: Geograph Britain and Ireland. Geograph. 18 June 2020.