Brandon Colliery railway station
railway station in County Durham, England, UK
Brandon Colliery railway station served the village of Brandon, County Durham, England from 1861 to 1964 on the Durham to Bishop Auckland Line.
History
The station opened as Brandon Siding in July 1861 by the North Eastern Railway. It was situated on the west side of Station Road. The station's name was changed to Brandon Colliery after a full service was introduced on 1 March 1878. The station gets its name from the nearby Brandon Colliery which closed in 1968. The station itself closed to passengers on 4 May 1964 and to goods traffic on 10 August 1964.
“Brandon Colliery railway station” enters the record as railway station in County Durham, England, UK. Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what Brandon, Colliery and railway can confirm, complicate or overturn.
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The strongest evidence will usually combine a dated visual record with documents produced by the authority responsible for the place. The source revision retrieved here is dated Apr 23, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q55605869. Authority coordinates are 54.750, -1.628. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1861, 1964, 1878 and 1968.
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