Site of Leamside station, 2002
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Site of Leamside station, 2002
Image: © Ben Brooksbank Taken: 23 Jun 2002
View southward, towards Durham and Ferryhill: ex-NER (Newcastle-Washington/Sunderland - Pelaw - Ferryhill/Durham) loop line. As evidenced by the greenery on the track, the double track 'Leamside Line' had been mothballed since 1991, having been maintained as diversionary line for the ECML to Newcastle via Chester-le-Street: it was in fact the main line until 1872. Many collieries connected with it and much freight passed here in former years before coal-mining ended in the 1980s. Leamside station was closed 5/10/53, passenger services for Newcastle having ceased between Ferryhill and Washington via Penshaw from 28/7/41 and on to Pelaw from 9/9/63 and Durham - Penshaw 4/5/64. In recent years, various plans have been put forward for reopening the Leamside Line, but so far none has come to fruition, see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leamside line .
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