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Darras Hall is an upland housing estate located in the village of Ponteland, in the civil parish of Ponteland, in Northumberland, England. It is on the southwestern outskirts of the village, 7.4 miles (11.9 km) northwest of Newcastle upon Tyne. [1] It is generally regarded as the most expensive and exclusive place to live in the North East of ...
The Ponteland Railway was a 7-mile (11 km) single-track branch line, which linked Gosforth in Tyne and Wear with Ponteland in Northumberland. A -mile (2 km) sub-branch line also ran between Ponteland and Darras Hall. The branch line between South Gosforth and Ponteland opened to passengers in June 1905, with the sub-branch line to Darras Hall ...
55°02′53″N 1°44′49″W / 55.048°N 1.747°W / 55.048; -1.747. Ponteland (/ pɒnˈtiːlənd / pon-TEE-lənd) is a town and civil parish in Northumberland, England. It is 8 miles (13 km) northwest of Newcastle upon Tyne. Built on marshland near St Mary's Church and the old bridge, most marshland has now been drained to make ...
Darras Hall was a railway station on the Ponteland Railway, which ran between South Gosforth and Ponteland, with a sub-branch line to Darras Hall. The station served Darras Hall in Northumberland. The station was opened on 1 October 1913, by the North Eastern Railway. [1] It consisted of a single timber platform, with a wooden building, and was ...
Ponteland railway station. / 55.0504; -1.7463. Ponteland was a railway station on the Ponteland Railway, which ran between South Gosforth and Ponteland, with a sub-branch line to Darras Hall. It served Ponteland in Northumberland . The station was opened on 1 June 1905, by the North Eastern Railway. [1] It was situated near to the junction of ...
A map of the railway network of the Tees Valley, and neighbouring areas of County Durham and North Yorkshire, at its greatest extent during the early 20th century. The section of line between Bishop Auckland and Albert Hill Junction, Darlington (prior to joining the East Coast Main Line), as well as the section between Oak Tree Junction, Dinsdale (near Middleton St. George) and Eaglescliffe ...
14 August 1967. (1967-08-14) Closed to freight. West Gosforth was a railway station on the Ponteland Railway, which ran between South Gosforth and Ponteland, with a sub-branch line to Darras Hall. The station served Gosforth in Newcastle upon Tyne. It was opened in 1905, closed to passengers in 1929, and to goods traffic in 1967.
A goods service continued to Darras Hill until 1954, to Ponteland until 1967, and to a private siding at Callerton until 1989. [31] In 1922 there were six weekday passenger trains on the branch with an additional Saturday train; only three ran through to Darras Hall. [32] The Metro route to Newcastle Airport now follows part of the line of route.