Dearness Valley Railway

The Dearness Valley Railway was an eight-mile-long single-track branch railway line that ran along the valley of the River Deerness in County Durham, England. Originated by the Dearness Valley Railway Company, it became part of the North Eastern Railway in 1857

It ran from Deerness Valley Junction, on the Durham to Bishop Auckland line, to the coal mines along the valley via two intermediate stations, Waterhouses, and Ushaw Moor.