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Stockton and Darlington Railway

Saltburn
On 23 July 1858 the extension of Middlesbrough & Redcar Railway to Saltburn approved by Parliament, and S&DR was permitted to absorb those railways it held on lease. The extension was opened in 1861, Redcar station moving.

Henry Pease

Legacy
The Tees Valley Line uses the most of the former Stockton & Darlington Railway between Bishop Auckland and Saltburn. At an end on junction with the heritage Weardale Railway at Bishop Auckland, the 11 mi non-electrified line is single track to Shildon, double track to Heighington, and then single track to the junction with the East Coast Main Line north of Darlington. The line is a Community Rail service with the title of the Bishop line, and because of it's links with the S&DR is sometimes known as the Heritage Line. Northern Rail provide the ten services a day, which take 26 minutes travel to Darlington, and most services continue to Saltburn.

South of Darlington, trains take the 1887? route before joining the original 1825 line at the site of Oak Tree junction. The non-electrified line has two tracks, a 8 mi long section to Eaglescliffe South Junction, where the 1854? Leeds Northern route is taken through Eaglecliffe station to Stockton Cut Junction. The two track non-electrified line then follows the S&DR route for 19 mi through to Saltburn, except for later deviations at Thornaby and Redcar (1978). There is a two train per hour off-peak service between Darlington and Saltburn, and one train per hour from Middlesbrough south to Manchester Airport via Yarm, and north to Newcastle via Sunderland. The former Middlesbrough & Guisborough Railway is open between Guisborough Junction and Nunthorpe as part of the Community Rail Esk Valley Line to Whitby. There are ten services a day each way between Middlesbrough and Nunthrope, with four of these continuing to Whitby.

Tees Valley Metro

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Table Tomlinson p. 544

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