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{{Infobox UK disused station
| name = Spennymoor
| status = Disused
| locale = [[Spennymoor]]
| image =
| borough = [[Spennymoor]], [[County Durham]]
| coordinates ={{coord|54.6977|-1.6032|type:landmark_region:GB_scale:2000_source:Google| display=inline, title}}▼
| country = England
| gridref = NZ257337
▲| coordinates = {{coord|54.6977|-1.6032|type:landmark_region:GB_scale:2000_source:Google| display=inline, title}}
| original = [[Clarence Railway]]▼
| grid_name = [[Ordnance Survey National Grid|Grid reference]]
| pregroup = [[North Eastern Railway (United Kingdom)|North Eastern Railway]]▼
| grid_position = {{gbmapscaled|NZ257337|25|NZ257337}}
| postgroup = [[London and North Eastern Railway|LNER]]<br />[[North Eastern Region of British Railways|British Rail (North Eastern)]]▼
| platforms = 1
▲| original = [[Clarence Railway]]
| years = {{Start date|1845|11|df=yes}}▼
▲| pregroup = [[North Eastern Railway (United Kingdom)|North Eastern Railway]]
| events = Opened▼
▲| postgroup = [[London and North Eastern Railway|LNER]]<br />[[North Eastern Region of British Railways|British Rail (North Eastern)]]
| years1 = 13 March 1952▼
▲| years = {{Start date|1845|11|df=yes}}
| events1 = Closed to passengers▼
▲| events = Opened
| years2 = {{End date|1966|05|02|df=y}}▼
▲| years1 = 13 March 1952
| events2 = Closed completely▼
▲| events1 = Closed to passengers
▲| years2 = {{End date|1966|05|02|df=y}}
▲| events2 = Closed completely
}}
'''Spennymoor railway station''' served the town of [[Spennymoor]], [[County Durham]], England from 1845 to 1952 on the Byers Green Branch of the [[Clarence Railway]].
 
== History ==
The station opened in November 1845 by the [[Clarence Railway]]. The stationIt was situated on the east side of Carr Street, formerly on the A6074. The station was initially served by market day passenger services from Tod Hills (or [[Todhills, County Durham|Todhills]]) to the west, but services were cut back to [[Byers Green railway station|Byers Green]] from 1848. The service was again extended to Tod Hills in 1865, before the passenger service on the branch was withdrawn in 1867.<ref name=":0">{{Cite book|title=A Regional History of the Railways of Great Britain: Volume IV The North East|last=Hoole|first=K.|publisher=David & Charles Limited|year=1974|isbn=0715364391|location=|pages=169, 180 & 181}}</ref>
 
The service was restored in 1878, when a new Byers Green station opened at the site of the original Tod Hills station.<ref name=":0" /> In 1885 the [[North Eastern Railway (United Kingdom)|North Eastern Railway]] opened a new line from Burnhouse Junction, to the east of Byers Green station, to [[Bishop Auckland railway station|Bishop Auckland]]. However, due to the rural nature of the line's western section, traffic between Spennymoor and Bishop Auckland was fairly light and as a consequence passenger services on this section were withdrawn on 4 December 1939. The station continued to be served by shuttle services from Ferryhill as well as<ref name=":1">{{Cite book|title=North Eastern Branch Lines Since 1925|last=Hoole|first=K.|publisher=Ian Allan Ltd.|year=1978|isbn=0711008299|location=|pages=74, 75 & 114}}</ref> football special trains until the line<ref name="SpennymoorStationOpenDate" /> was closed to passenger traffic on 31 March 1952.<ref name=":1" /> The station closed completely on 2 May 1966.<ref name="SpennymoorStationOpenDate">{{cite web|url=http://www.disused-stations.org.uk/s/spennymoor/|title=Disused Stations: Spennymoor|work=Disused Stations|accessdateaccess-date=24 February 2017}}</ref>
 
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== External links ==
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{{rail line |previous={{stnlnk|Ferryhill}}<br /><small>Line and station closed</small>|next={{stnlnk|Byers Green}}<br /><small>Line and station closed</small> |route=[[Clarence Railway]]<br /><small>Byers Green Branch</small> |col={{NER colour}} }}
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[[Category:Disused railway stations in County Durham]]
[[Category:Former North Eastern Railway (UKUnited Kingdom) stations]]
[[Category:Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1845]]
[[Category:Railway stations in Great Britain closed in 1966]]
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