Shildon is a stop on the Tees Valley Line in County Durham between Newton Aycliffe and Bishop Auckland.
Back in Pacer days, Northern 142 014 waits at Shildon
Information
Type:
National Rail (Tees Valley Line)
Station code:
SHD
Opened:
1842
Platforms:
2
Shildon has been described as the "cradle of the railways" as it was located on the pioneer Stockton & Darlington Railway (indeed was one of the line's termini), the first train was hauled by Locomotion No. 1 (the first locomotive to haul a passenger carrying train on a public line) at Shildon in 1825 [1]. However, the current station dates from 1842 when it was re-located from the original site at Masons Arms [2].
Shildon was the engineering hub of the Stockton & Darlington Railway and home to the Soho Locomotive Works where the early steam locomotives were built for the S&DR and elsewhere. Later Shildon became an important centre for wagon construction and repair through into the British Rail era, the works finally closing in 1984.
The current station is located next to the National Rail Museum's Shildon outpost and was re-built in 2003 at the same time the museum was built on land formerly used by the Shildon Railway Works. The station is managed and served by Northern. Access between the platforms is via a footbridge and ramps.
View from the footbridge
Modern bus shelter style accommodation
Semaphore signal, the signalbox controls access to the museum site
