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West Auckland railway station served the villages of St Helen Auckland and West Auckland in County Durham, England, between 1833 and 1962. It was on the railway line between and . There was a locomotive depot, which was the only one to be both closed completely and later reopened by the London and North Eastern Railway. ==History== The Stockton and Darlington Railway (S&DR), which was authorised in 1821, was formally opened on 27 September 1825. The original main line connected Witton Park Colliery with , and ran close to the village of West Auckland. On 1 October 1830, a branch line was opened from West Auckland to Hagger Leases Lane, commencing at a point described both as St Helens Auckland and as West Auckland, those being villages on either side of the railway. The early policy of the S&DR was to permit anybody who possessed a suitable coach or wagon to run it upon the railway themselves, upon payment of a toll or fee to the S&DR. The S&DR later decided to buy out the coach operators, and operate the passenger trains themselves: these began on 1 October 1833 between and Darlington; they were extended to and West Auckland on 1 December 1833: the station there was originally named ''St Helens''. The original route between Shildon and St Helens Auckland ran over the Brusselton Incline, where a winding engine was installed to haul wagons up the steep gradients on each side. In January 1842, the first section of the Bishop Auckland and Weardale Railway, from a junction with the S&DR near Shildon and including the Shildon Tunnel, opened as far as (it was extended to in 1843). A connecting spur from the north end of Shildon Tunnel allowing trains from St Helens Auckland to reach Shildon without using the Brusselton incline was authorised on 4 July 1854 and opened on 13 September 1856. The South Durham and Lancashire Union Railway - which began at a junction with the Haggerleases branch at Spring Gardens Junction - was authorised in 1857; the section between St Helen Auckland and opened on 1 August 1863. A direct line between St Helens Auckland and was authorised in 1858; this left the Shildon Tunnel spur at Fieldon's Bridge (). Passenger services were briefly extended to Haggerleases in 1859. St Helens station was renamed ''West Auckland'' on 1 March 1878. The Stockton and Darlington Railway amalgamated with the North Eastern Railway (NER) in 1863; the NER amalgamated with several other railways to form the London and North Eastern Railway (LNER) at the start of 1923; and upon nationalisation at the start of 1948, the LNER in its turn amalgamated with other railways to form British Railways. The station was closed by British Railways on 18 June 1962. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「West Auckland railway station」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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