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This terrace includes a converted chapel. Needless to say, the nearby station (Leamside) on the Leamside Line has long since ceased to be.
©Oliver Dixon
Station Road in West Rainton leads downhill to the site of Leamside railway station, which closed in 1953. The station was behind the buildings where trees have now grown and matured. In the background, the concrete bridge carries a country lane over the A1(M) trunk road.
©Malc McDonald
Road signs warn of a double bend in the road, and a hump-backed bridge which carries the road over a railway line. Originally the road had continued straight ahead, with a level crossing across the railway. The railway line is now disused.
©Malc McDonald
Dist:0.1km<br/>Two fine Edwardian villas - Linden House to the left, Cathedral House to the right. Needless to say, the nearby station (Leamside) on the Leamside Line has long since ceased to be.
©Oliver Dixon
Dist:0.1km<br/>The railway line through Leamside formed part of the original railway route from London to Edinburgh. Long distance trains were diverted onto current route through Durham, which is more direct, when that line opened in 1872. Local passenger trains continued to run on the line through Leamside until the 1960s, while the line was also busy with freight. It was also a useful diversion route for express trains at times when the main line via Durham was closed for engineering work. The railway line fell into disuse in around 1992. It is currently "mothballed" - still owned by Network Rail, in case it is needed to be brought back into use in the future, but not currently maintained.
©Malc McDonald
Dist:0.1km<br/>There is little sign now of the railway station which once occupied this site. The railway line through Leamside formed part of the original railway route from London to Edinburgh. Long distance trains were diverted onto current route through Durham, which is more direct, when that line opened in 1872. Local passenger trains continued to run on the line through Leamside until the 1960s, although Leamside station closed in 1953. The line was also busy with freight and was also a useful diversion route for express trains at times when the main line via Durham was closed for engineering work. The railway line fell into disuse in around 1992. It is currently "mothballed" - still owned by Network Rail, in case it is needed to be brought back into use in the future, but not currently maintained.
©Malc McDonald
Dist:0.2km<br/>The railway line through Leamside formed part of the original railway route from London to Edinburgh. Long distance trains were diverted onto current route through Durham, which is more direct, when that line opened in 1872. Local passenger trains continued to run on the line through Leamside until the 1960s, while the line was also busy with freight. It was also a useful diversion route for express trains at times when the main line via Durham was closed for engineering work. The railway line fell into disuse in around 1992. It is currently "mothballed" - still owned by Network Rail, in case it is needed to be brought back into use in the future, but not currently maintained. When the line was first built, there was a level crossing here. The bridge was built later, to enable the road to avoid the level crossing. The level crossing was then removed.
©Malc McDonald
Dist:0.2km<br/>This bridge carries the road over a railway line. The railway is now disused.
©Malc McDonald
Dist:0.2km<br/>The railway line through Leamside formed part of the original railway route from London to Edinburgh. Long distance trains were diverted onto current route through Durham, which is more direct, when that line opened in 1872. Local passenger trains continued to run on the line through Leamside until the 1960s, while the line was also busy with freight. It was also a useful diversion route for express trains at times when the main line via Durham was closed for engineering work. The railway line fell into disuse in around 1992. It is currently "mothballed" - still owned by Network Rail, in case it is needed to be brought back into use in the future, but not currently maintained.
©Malc McDonald
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©Ann Clare
Dist:0.2km<br/>Fields at Leamside in County Durham. The railway line to the right of the fields has been disused since the early 1990s.
©Malc McDonald
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©Malc McDonald
Dist:0.2km<br/>The road name signs say "School Avenue" - that is the road running from left to right across the lower part of the image. Prospect View is a side turning off School Avenue, in West Rainton.
©Malc McDonald
Dist:0.3km<br/>School Avenue in the village of West Rainton, County Durham.
©Malc McDonald
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©Oliver Dixon

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