Allens West railway station, County Durham
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Allens West railway station, County Durham
Image: © Nigel Thompson Taken: 30 May 2010
A station called "Yarm Branch End" was opened here in 1825 by the Stockton and Darlington Railway, as it was the junction for the branch line to "Yarm Depots". The branch closed to passengers in 1833 and the station here closed in 1862. The more modern station was opened here as "Urlay Nook Halt" in 1943 by the London & North Eastern Railway on its line from Darlington to Stockton and Middlesbrough. The name was changed to "Allens West Halt" in 1944. In both cases it was an unadvertised halt used only by workers at nearby factories. It only became a public station in 1971. View west towards Dinsdale and Darlington. The 1825 branch line would have run to the left of the left-hand platform and curved sharply away to the south.
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Image Location
Latitude
54.524379
Longitude
-1.362959