Cockfield Fell railway station

Cockfield Fell railway station was a railway station on the Bishop Auckland to Barnard Castle section of the South Durham and Lancashire Union Railway that served the village of Cockfield, County Durham, North East England from 1863 to 1962.

Not to be confused with Cockfield railway station.

Cockfield Fell
The site of the station in 1989
Location
Place	Cockfield
Area	County Durham
Coordinates	54.6173°N 1.8281°W / 54.6173; -1.8281
Grid reference	NZ112247
Operations
Original company	North Eastern Railway
Pre-grouping	North Eastern Railway
Post-grouping	LNER British Railways (North Eastern)
Platforms	2
History
1 August 1863 (1863-08-01)	Opened as Cockfield
1 July 1923	Renamed Cockfield Fell
15 September 1958	Closed to passengers
18 June 1962 (1962-06-18)	Closed completely
Disused railway stations in the United Kingdom
Closed railway stations in Britain A B C D–F G H–J K–L M–O P–R S T–V W–Z

History

The station was opened as Cockfield on 1 August 1863 by the North Eastern Railway on the route the SD&LUR, one of its predecessors. The suffix Fell was later added to the station's name on 1 July 1923[1] to avoid confusion with another London and North Eastern Railway station in Suffolk of the same name.[2] It closed to passengers on 15 September 1958 and to goods traffic on 18 June 1962.[3]

References

1. M E Quick, Railway Passenger Stations in England Scotland and Wales—A Chronology, The Railway and Canal Historical Society, 2002, p. 124
2. "Disused Stations: Cockfield Station". Disused Stations. Retrieved 19 June 2020.
3. "Remains of Cockfield Fell station © Ben Brooksbank :: Geograph Britain and Ireland". Geograph. Retrieved 18 June 2020.

External links

Preceding station	Historical railways			Following station
Barnard Castle Line and station closed		North Eastern Railway South Durham and Lancashire Union Railway		Evenwood Line and station closed