Belasis Lane railway station

Belasis Lane railway station served the ICI Billingham Manufacturing Plant in the town of Billingham, County Durham, England[1] from 1928 to 1964 on the Port Clarence branch of the former Clarence Railway[2] which had become part of the London and North Eastern Railway by the time the station opened.

Belasis Lane
The remains of the station in 1970
LocationBillingham, Stockton-on-Tees
England
Coordinates54.6°N 1.274°W / 54.6; -1.274
Grid referenceNZ470230
Platforms2
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original companyLNER
Post-groupingLNER
British Rail (North Eastern)
Key dates
May 1928 (1928-05)Opened
14 June 1954Closed to regular passenger services
6 November 1961Closed to all passengers
2 November 1964 (1964-11-02)Closed completely

History

The station was opened in May 1928 by the London and North Eastern Railway (LNER) on its branch to Port Clarence[2] which had been opened by the Clarence Railway (a predecessor of the LNER) in 1833. It was situated east of Billingham-on-Tees station and west of Haverton Hill station, a short distance to the east of the junction between the former Clarence Railway and the former Stockton and Hartlepool Railway (now part of the Durham Coast Line).[3]

Regular passenger services on the Port Clarence branch (which had only run as far as Haverton Hill since 1939) were withdrawn completely on 14 June 1954[4] but due to its location being close to the ICI plant, Belasis Lane station remained open to the services for workmen until 6 November 1961 and goods traffic until 2 November 1964.[2] The line through the station remains open to freight traffic and provides access to the oil terminal and storage facilities at Seal Sands.[5]

References
  1. "Station at Belasis Lane | Picture Stockton Archive". Picture Stockton Archive. Archived from the original on 12 August 2013. Retrieved 8 July 2017.
  2. "Belasis Lane Station (remains)". Geograph. Retrieved 4 July 2017.
  3. Hill, Norman (2001). Teesside Railways A View From the Past. Ian Allan Publishing Ltd. p. 8. ISBN 0711028036.
  4. Hoole, K. (1978). North Eastern Branch Lines Since 1925. Ian Allan ltd. p. 114. ISBN 0711008299.
  5. Baker, S. K. (2013). Rail Atlas Great Britain and Ireland (13th ed.). Oxford Publishing Co. pp. 68 & 69. ISBN 9780860936510.
Preceding station   Disused railways   Following station
Billingham-on-Tees
Line and station closed		   London and North Eastern Railway
Clarence Railway
(Port Clarence Branch)		   Haverton Hill
Line and station closed


This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.