Deerness Valley Railway

  Deerness Valley Railway
Overview
LocaleCounty Durham
Technical
Track gauge4 ft 8+12 in (1,435 mm)
Length8 miles (13 km)
Durham
Ushaw Moor
New Brancepeth Colliery
Ushaw Moor Colliery
Hamsteels, Esh, and Cornsay collieries
Waterhouses
Waterhouses Colliery
East Hedley Hope Colliery
Stanley Inclines
Stanley Drift Mines
Wooley Colliery
Bank Foot Coke Works/Chemical Plant
Crook

The Deerness 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. Built by the North Eastern Railway, 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.[1]

  1. ^ "Disused Stations: Waterhouses Station (Durham)".