Thornaby Station, In it’s present location, was built in 1882 and opened as South Stockton before changing it’s name to Thornaby-on-Tees in 1892, when the town received it’s “Town Charter“.
I seam to remember seeing a map (many years ago) that seamed to suggest there was a South Stockton Station before 1882, although in a slightly different location. There is no mention of an earlier station on the Thornaby railway station Wiki page.
Anyway, today I came across another map from 1855, which clearly shows the station, south west of the present Station, just as I though.
The only building that survives from this map is the Cleveland Inn on Bridge Street, although now called the “Dubliners” (marked in Red).
I was wondering if anyone can tell me the date this Station opened? I assume it closed the day the replacement Station opened (1st October 1882, wiki).
I’m wondering if it opened around the time the line was extended to Middlesborough (from the original Port Darlington location) around 1842-1850.
Edit :- to include modern day satellite image with Dubliners public house marked in Red.
I seam to remember seeing a map (many years ago) that seamed to suggest there was a South Stockton Station before 1882, although in a slightly different location. There is no mention of an earlier station on the Thornaby railway station Wiki page.
Anyway, today I came across another map from 1855, which clearly shows the station, south west of the present Station, just as I though.
The only building that survives from this map is the Cleveland Inn on Bridge Street, although now called the “Dubliners” (marked in Red).
I was wondering if anyone can tell me the date this Station opened? I assume it closed the day the replacement Station opened (1st October 1882, wiki).
I’m wondering if it opened around the time the line was extended to Middlesborough (from the original Port Darlington location) around 1842-1850.
Edit :- to include modern day satellite image with Dubliners public house marked in Red.
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