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Lanchester Valley Railway
The Lanchester Valley Railway was an English railway line that was developed by the North Eastern Railway to run between to . Running along the valley of the River Browney, it opened on 1 September 1862. Closed under the Beeching Axe, today it has been redeveloped by Durham County Council as a foot and cycle path as the Lanchester Valley Railway Path.
==Background==
In 1842, the Derwent Iron Company (DIC) had taken over the southern part of the former Stanhope and Tyne Railway. After the West Durham Railway constructed a line to , the Stockton and Darlington Railway (S&DR) began construction of the Weardale Extension Railway to Crook, which opened on 8 November 1843, from a junction on its leased Weardale Railway.〔 As a result, the DIC proposed an extension from Crook to the foot of the Meeting Slacks incline, which later became , to provide a southern shipping route for their lime and iron products. Having obtained an extension of their right of way from the Bishop of Durham, the DIC submitted the plans to the S&DR, who agreed to the extension as long as the DIC leased the entire southern section of the former S&TR to them. The Stanhope to Carrhouse section passed into the possession of the S&DR on 1 January 1845, with the completed Weardale Extension Railway from the to Waskerley opening on 16 May 1845.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Stanhope and Tyne Railway )〕
After the opening of the Weardale Extension Railway and the completion of Hownes Gill Viaduct under Thomas Bouch in 1858,〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Hownes Gill Viaduct )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Hownes Gill Viaduct )〕 the DIC had pressurised the newly formed NER to link with the River Tyne via Gateshead.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Lanchaster Railway Extension )〕
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