Belasis Lane railway station

Disused railway station in Billingham, Stockton-on-Tees

LocationBillingham, Stockton-on-Tees
England

Coordinates54°36′00″N 1°16′26″W / 54.6°N 1.274°W / 54.6; -1.274

Grid referenceNZ470230

Platforms2

Belasis Lane

The remains of the station in 1970

General information

Location

Billingham, Stockton-on-Tees
England

Coordinates

54°36′00″N 1°16′26″W / 54.6°N 1.274°W / 54.6; -1.274

Grid reference

NZ470230

Platforms

Other information

Status

Disused

History

Original company

London and North Eastern Railway

Post-grouping

London and North Eastern Railway
British Rail (North Eastern)

Key dates

May 1928 (1928-05)

Opened

14 June 1954

Closed to regular passenger services

6 November 1961

Closed to all passengers

2 November 1964 (1964-11-02)

Closed completely

Location

Belasis Lane railway station served the ICI Billingham Manufacturing Plant in the town of Billingham, County Durham, England^[1] from 1928 to 1964 on the Port Clarence branch of the former Clarence Railway^[2] which had become part of the London and North Eastern Railway by the time the station opened.

The station was opened in May 1928 by the London and North Eastern Railway (LNER) on its branch to Port Clarence^[2] which had been opened by the Clarence Railway (a predecessor of the LNER) in 1833. It was situated a short distance to the east of the junction between the former Clarence Railway and the former Stockton and Hartlepool Railway (now part of the Durham Coast Line).^[3]

Regular passenger services on the Port Clarence branch (which had only run as far as Haverton Hill since 1939) were withdrawn completely on 14 June 1954^[4] but due to its location being close to the ICI plant, Belasis Lane station remained open to the services for workmen until 6 November 1961 and goods traffic until 2 November 1964.^[2] The line through the station remains open to freight traffic and provides access to the oil terminal and storage facilities at Seal Sands.^[5]

References

↑ "Station at Belasis Lane | Picture Stockton Archive". Picture Stockton Archive. Archived from the original on 12 August 2013. Retrieved 8 July 2017.
1 2 3 "Belasis Lane Station (remains)". Geograph. Retrieved 4 July 2017.
↑ Hill, Norman (2001). Teesside Railways A View From the Past. Ian Allan Publishing Ltd. p. 8. ISBN 0711028036.
↑ Hoole, K. (1978). North Eastern Branch Lines Since 1925. Ian Allan ltd. p. 114. ISBN 0711008299.
↑ Baker, S. K. (2013). Rail Atlas Great Britain and Ireland (13th ed.). Oxford Publishing Co. pp. 68 & 69. ISBN 9780860936510.

External links

Preceding station	Disused railways			Following station
Billingham-on-Tees Line open; station closed		London and North Eastern Railway Clarence Railway (Port Clarence Branch)		Haverton Hill Line open; station closed

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Weardale Extension Railway	Crawley (Northumberland) Waskerley Saltersgate Cottage High Stoop Tow Law
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