Vigo railway station (England)

Vigo
Vigo
	Site of Vigo station site
General information
Location	Birtley, Tyne and Wear; England
Coordinates	54°52′50″N 1°33′44″W / 54.8806°N 1.5622°W
Platforms	?
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Original company	Stanhope & Tyne Railway
Pre-grouping	North Eastern Railway
Key dates
April 1835	Opened
December 1853	Closed
March 1862	Reopened
January 1869	Closed
1980s	Line closed

Vigo railway station served the Barley Mow and Vigo areas of the town of Birtley in Tyne and Wear (historically County Durham) in England. The station, on the Stanhope and Tyne Railway , was opened in 1835 and closed in 1853. It reopened in 1862 and closed for the final time in 1869.^[1]^[2]

The line remained open to passengers until 1955 and to freight until the 1980s. The site of the station has since been demolished and the trackbed now forms part of the Consett and Sunderland Railway Path between Washington and Chester-le-Street following the course of the old railway line.^[3]^[4]^[5]

References[edit]

^ "Disused Stations:Washington Station (1st site)". disused-stations.org.uk. Retrieved 5 January 2023.
^ Langham, Rob (27 November 2020). "The Stanhope & Tyne Railway: A Brief History". NEHL. Retrieved 5 January 2023.
^ "History of Railways in County Durham - Waggonways". sites.google.com. Retrieved 5 January 2023.
^ Contributors, Ewan Crawford. "Vigo - RAILSCOT". www.railscot.co.uk. Retrieved 5 January 2023. {{cite web}}: |last1= has generic name (help)
^ "Consett and Sunderland Railway Path". Long Distance Walkers Association. Retrieved 5 January 2023.

External links[edit]

Preceding station	Historical railways			Following station
Pelton Line and station closed		Stanhope and Tyne Railway		Biddick Lane Line and station closed

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[1] "Disused Stations:Washington Station (1st site)". disused-stations.org.uk. Retrieved 5 January 2023.

[2] Langham, Rob (27 November 2020). "The Stanhope & Tyne Railway: A Brief History". NEHL. Retrieved 5 January 2023.

[3] "History of Railways in County Durham - Waggonways". sites.google.com. Retrieved 5 January 2023.

[4] Contributors, Ewan Crawford. "Vigo - RAILSCOT". www.railscot.co.uk. Retrieved 5 January 2023. {{cite web}}: |last1= has generic name (help)

[ldwa-5] "Consett and Sunderland Railway Path". Long Distance Walkers Association. Retrieved 5 January 2023.

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