Shotton Bridge railway station
Shotton Bridge | |
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The site of the station in May 2018. The road over-bridge is behind the photographer. | |
| General information | |
| Location | Shotton Colliery, County Durham England |
| Coordinates | 54°45′54″N 1°23′38″W / 54.7649°N 1.3939°W |
| Grid reference | NZ39084128 |
| Platforms | 2 |
| Other information | |
| Status | Disused |
| History | |
| Original company | North Eastern Railway |
| Pre-grouping | North Eastern Railway |
| Post-grouping | |
| Key dates | |
| 1877 | Opened |
| 9 June 1952 | Closed |
Shotton Bridge railway station was a railway station built by the North Eastern Railway (NER) on the route of the Hartlepool Dock & Railway (HD&R) as part of a programme of works to modernise that line and link it with the Durham & Sunderland Railway (D&SR) so as to create a railway through-route between West Hartlepool and Sunderland. On opening, the station served the relatively new village of Shotton Colliery, which grew around the nearby Shotton Grange Colliery, as well as Old Shotton on the Stockton to Sunderland turnpike road, further to the east.