Fighting Cocks railway station
Former railway station in County Durham, England / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Fighting Cocks railway station was a railway station on the original route of the Stockton & Darlington Railway (S&DR), which served the villages of Middleton St George and Low Dinsdale in County Durham, as well as the once popular Dinsdale Spa Hotel from 1829.
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Fighting Cocks | |||||
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General information | |||||
Location | Middleton St George, Darlington England | ||||
Coordinates | 54.5218°N 1.4724°W / 54.5218; -1.4724 | ||||
Platforms | 2 | ||||
Other information | |||||
Status | Disused | ||||
History | |||||
Original company | Stockton & Darlington Railway | ||||
Pre-grouping | North Eastern Railway | ||||
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Key dates | |||||
10 October 1825 | First regular passenger train over Stockton & Darlington Railway; first unofficial use of the station | ||||
c. 1830 | Official station opened as Middleton and Dinsdale | ||||
1866 | Renamed Fighting Cocks | ||||
1 July 1887 | Station closed to passengers | ||||
1964 | Station closed completely | ||||
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