Barnard Castle railway station was situated on the South Durham & Lancashire Union Railway between Bishop Auckland

Bishop Auckland railway station

Bishop Auckland railway station serves the town of Bishop Auckland in County Durham, England. The station is the terminus of the Tees Valley Line north of .The station is operated by Northern Rail, which provides Network Rail passenger services...

 and Kirkby Stephen East

Kirkby Stephen East railway station

Kirkby Stephen East railway station was situated on the South Durham & Lancashire Union Railway between Barnard Castle and Tebay. It served the town of Kirkby Stephen in England. The station opened to passenger traffic on 8 August 1861, and closed on 22 January 1962.The station had an extensive...

. The railway station

Train station

A train station, also called a railroad station or railway station and often shortened to just station,"Station" is commonly understood to mean "train station" unless otherwise qualified. This is evident from dictionary entries e.g...

 served the town of Barnard Castle

Barnard Castle

Barnard Castle is an historical town in Teesdale, County Durham, England. It is named after the castle around which it grew up. It sits on the north side of the River Tees, opposite Startforth, south southwest of Newcastle upon Tyne, south southwest of Sunderland, west of Middlesbrough and ...

. The first station opened to passenger traffic on 9 July 1856, and was replaced with a new station on 1 May 1862 on a different site to facilitate the construction of the line beyond westwards. The second station closed to passengers on 30 November 1964. Freight traffic continued to use the first station until 1965.

External links

• Barnard Castle station at Disused Stations