Durham (Gilesgate) railway station

Durham (Gilesgate)
The site of the station in 2005
General information
Location	Gilesgate, County Durham England
Coordinates	54°46′43″N 1°33′47″W / 54.7787°N 1.563°W / 54.7787; -1.563
Grid reference	NZ282427
Platforms	1
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Original company	Newcastle and Darlington Junction Railway
Pre-grouping	North Eastern Railway
Post-grouping	LNER British Rail (North Eastern)
Key dates
15 April 1844 (1844-04-15)	Opened
1 April 1857	Closed to passengers
17 November 1966 (1966-11-17)	Closed completely

Durham (Gilesgate) railway station (when in passenger use known simply as Durham and later also as Durham Goods) served the Gilesgate area of Durham City in County Durham, North East England from 1844 to 1857 as the terminus of the Newcastle & Darlington Junction Railway Durham Branch passenger service (later to be incorporated into the Leamside line). Its life as a passenger station was short and it was quickly converted to goods station, a role which it played for more than a century.^[1]