Eston railway station
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- For Eston railway station (1853-1884) in the South Bank area of Middlesbrough, see South Bank railway stationSouth Bank railway stationSouth Bank railway station serves South Bank area of Middlesbrough in the ceremonial county of North Yorkshire. It is located on the Tees Valley Line east of Middlesbrough and operated by Northern Rail which provides all passenger train services....
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Eston railway station formerly served the town of Eston
Eston
Eston is a town within the Unitary Authority of Redcar and Cleveland, England. Within the Middlesbrough agglomeration it falls inside the Greater Eston initiative...
, now a suburb of Middlesbrough
Middlesbrough
Middlesbrough is a large town situated on the south bank of the River Tees in north east England, that sits within the ceremonial county of North Yorkshire...
. It was at the end of the Eston Branch Railway, a short branch line that left the Middlesbrough and Redcar Railway (M&RR) – now part of the Tees Valley Line
Tees Valley Line
The Tees Valley Line is a name for the railway route between Bishop Auckland and Saltburn via Darlington and Middlesbrough. Also operated on the line are services from Newcastle-upon-Tyne to Middlesbrough and Saltburn via Darlington....
– just east of Cargo Fleet railway station. The branch was opened on 1 January 1902 and closed to passenger traffic in June 1929.