Railway Station

Beamish Railway Station, adjacent to The Town, is a typical country station as it would have been in Edwardian times.

The passenger station was first built in 1867 in Rowley, near Consett and was re-opened at Beamish in 1976.

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A wrought-iron footbridge from The Town crosses the railway line and leads towards the signal box, dating from 1896. Across the tracks in the Goods Yard is a Goods Shed, dating from 1850.

The coal drops from West Boldon reflect the important role of local coal merchants in towns and villages. The coal office, originally owned by James White of Hexham, is of a type which was found in almost every railway goods yard up to the late 1960s.

A variety of wagons can be seen in and around The Railway Station, on a regularly changing pattern of display. Also, from time to time, visiting steam locomotives may appear at the Station.