Greatham railway station served the village of Greatham in the Borough of Hartlepool,

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, from 1841 to 1991 on what became the

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History

The station was opened on 10 February 1841 as a stop on the Stockton and Hartlepool Railway,M E Quick, ''Railway Passenger Stations in England Scotland and Wales—A Chronology'', The Railway and Canal Historical Society, 2002, p. 194 originally a branch line linking

West Hartlepool West Hartlepool was a predecessor of Hartlepool, County Durham, England. It developed in the Victorian era and took the name from its western position in the parish of what is now known as the Headland. The former town was originally formed in ...

to main line of the

Clarence Railway The Clarence Railway was an early railway company that operated in north-east England between 1833 and 1853. The railway was built to take coal from mines in County Durham to ports on the River Tees and was a competitor to the Stockton and Darli ...

near . Under the direction of the North Eastern Railway, a successor to the S&HR, a new line was constructed at Hartlepool in 1877 to provide a direct connection to the former Hartlepool Dock & Railway network operating northwards from the town, thus allowing through running towards and beginning the process of integrating the S&HR into what would become the Durham Coast Line. The station survived the

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but was later downgraded to an unstaffed halt. It was ultimately closed to all traffic on 24 November 1991, after having its service reduced to minimal levels for much of the previous decade. The disused station platforms remain at the site, but all station buildings have been demolished and the signal box will be demolished in October 2020.

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Disused railway stations in the Borough of Hartlepool Former North Eastern Railway (UK) stations Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1841 Railway stations in Great Britain closed in 1991 1841 establishments in England 1991 disestablishments in England Greatham, County Durham {{NorthEastEngland-railstation-stub