Redheugh/Tanfield Branch Jct. - Tanfield Lea
Date Closed to Passenger Services
5 May 1845
Mileage Closed
6m 57c†
Stations Closed
Fugar Bar; Bowes Bridge; Tanfield Lea
Cobb Atlas Reference
477 24 62 - 476 19 54; NZ 242628 - NZ 188542
Present Status
Preserved - Sunniside - East Tanfield - see Notes below. Dismantled - remainder.
Map
RCH Durham & Northumberland Districts 1922
Further Notes
OCD - unknown. CPLGB p18 gives 08/1844. Last appeared in B Aug 1844; service likely to have continued until Mon 05/05/1845 - RPSGB p440 Tanfield.
Sunniside - East Tanfield RO progressively from 02/07/1981 to 18/10/1992 by the Tanfield Railway as a preserved tourist line.
Page updated: 04/09/2023