Cockfield Fell railway station was a railway station on the to section of the

South Durham and Lancashire Union Railway The South Durham & Lancashire Union Railway (SD&LUR) built a railway line linking the Stockton & Darlington Railway near Bishop Auckland with the Lancaster and Carlisle Railway (the West Coast Main Line) at Tebay, via Barnard Castle, Stainmore ...

that served the village of

Cockfield, County Durham Cockfield is a village on the edge of Teesdale, County Durham, England. It is situated 8 miles to the south-west of Bishop Auckland, north-west of Darlington and south-west of Newcastle upon Tyne. Remains found on Cockfield Fell suggest there ...

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from 1863 to 1962.

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 1923M E Quick, ''Railway Passenger Stations in England Scotland and Wales—A Chronology'', The Railway and Canal Historical Society, 2002, p. 124 to avoid confusion with another

London and North Eastern Railway The London and North Eastern Railway (LNER) was the second largest (after LMS) of the " Big Four" railway companies created by the Railways Act 1921 in Britain. It operated from 1 January 1923 until nationalisation on 1 January 1948. At th ...

station in

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of the same name. It closed to passengers on 15 September 1958 and to goods traffic on 18 June 1962.

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Disused railway stations in County Durham Former North Eastern Railway (UK) stations Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1863 Railway stations in Great Britain closed in 1958 1863 establishments in England 1962 disestablishments in England Cockfield, County Durham {{NorthEastEngland-railstation-stub