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| name = Ryhope
| status = Disused
| image = File:Ryhope - geograph-5191617-by-Malc-McDonald.jpg
| caption = The site of the second station in 2016. Note that the footbridge and short sections of both platforms remain in situ.
| address =
| borough = [[Ryhope]], [[Tyne and& Wear]]
| country = England
| platforms = 2
| original = [[Durham & Sunderland Railway]]
| pregroup = [[North Eastern Railway (United Kingdom)|North Eastern Railway]]
| postgroup = {{ubl|[[London and& North Eastern Railway]]|[[North Eastern Region of British Railways|British Rail (North Eastern)]]}}
| years = {{Start date|1836|10|19|df=yes}}
| events = First station opened as ''Ryhope''
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'''Ryhope''' was one of was one of two railway stations to have served the village of [[Ryhope]], [[Tyne and& Wear]], [[North East England]]. For much of its existence, it was served by the [[Durham–Sunderland line|Durham–Sunderland]] and [[Hartlepool Dock & Railway|Hartlepool–Haswell–Sunderland lines]].
 
== History ==
=== The Durham & Sunderland Railway and the opening of the First station ===
On 13 August 1834, the [[Durham & Sunderland Railway]] was granted parliamentary powers to construct their main line between [[Sunderland Docks|Sunderland's]] [[Sunderland Docks|South Dock]] and [[Durham, England|Durham City]], and a branch linking [[Haswell, County Durham|Haswell]] to main line at [[Murton railway station|Murton Junction]].<ref name=":1">{{Cite book|last=Ken|first=Hoole|url=https://archive.org/details/northeast0000hool/page/149|title=Regional History of Railways of Great Britain Volume 4 The North East|publisher=David St John Thomas|year=1986|isbn=0946537313|edition=3rd|location=|pages=149–154}}</ref> The Sunderland to Haswell section was the first to be completed, officially opening on 30 August 1836<ref name=":1" /> and the first station at Ryhope (co-ordinates: {{coord|54.8694|-1.3559|type:railwaystation_region:GB_scale:2000_source:Google| display=inline}}) was opened on 19 October 1836 as the temporary southern terminus of the line's first passenger service from [[Sunderland station#Earlier stations|Sunderland Town Moor]].<ref name="Ryhope1StationInfo" /> From April or May 1837, D&SR passenger services were extended to a station at {{rws|Haswell}}<ref name="Ryhope1StationInfo" /> where passengers could change for services to [[Hartlepool railway station (Hartlepool Dock & Railway)|Hartlepool]] from the adjacent [[Hartlepool Dock & Railway]] station (though the different companies' tracks were not, initially, connected).<ref name=":1" /> The line between Murton and Durham was completed gradually and, when finally opened on 28 June 1839, it served Durham City by means of a station at {{rws|Shincliffe Town}},<ref name=":2" /> over {{Convert|1|mi|km|abbr=}} from the centre.<ref name="Ryhope1StationInfo" /> The steep topography that the line traversed meant that, unlike many of its competitors, D&SR opted to haul its trains using a series of [[winding engine|stationary winding engines]],<ref name=":1" /> with change-over between the Sunderland and Seaton Bank Top engines having been undertaken at Ryhope.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Whishaw|first=Francis|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=px3F8uOYwJ0C|title=The Railways of Great Britain and Ireland Practically Described and Illustrated|publisher=John Weale|year=1842|location=London|pages=74–78}}</ref>
 
=== NER improvements and the opening of the second station ===
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Despite the improvements of the 1850s-1890s, the route through Ryhope continued to provide a steep and indirect route between West Hartlepool and Sunderland and so the NER purchased the [[Seaham Harbour railway station|Seaham]] to Sunderland line of the [[Londonderry, Seaham & Sunderland Railway]] (which paralleled the original D&SR north of Ryhope) in 1900 and extended it along the coast to meet the ex-HD&R line near at {{rws|Hart}}.<ref name=":0">{{cite book|title=PSL Field Guides - Railways of the Eastern Region Volume 2|last=Body|first=Geoffrey|publisher=Patrick Stephens Limited|year=1989|isbn=1852600721|pages=66, 85 & 150}}</ref> The new line, opened on 1 April 1905,<ref name=":0" /> bypassed both Seaton Bank and {{Rws|Hesleden|}} Bank further south<ref name=":3" /> and thus led to the gradual diversion of much of the longer-distance traffic away from the lines through Ryhope station.<ref name=":5" /> The LS&SR had had [[Ryhope East railway station|its own station at Ryhope]], approximately {{convert|100|yd|m|abbr=}} to the east of the NER-build one, which was now under also under NER ownership.<ref name=":7">{{Cite web|title=Disused Stations: Ryhope East Station|url=http://www.disused-stations.org.uk/r/ryhope_east/index.shtml|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=8 February 2021|website=Disused Stations}}</ref> From December 1903, the two stations were administered as one, with a shared station master, and, from 1904, the ex-LS&SR station was renamed ''Ryhope East''.<ref name=":7" />
 
The NER became part of the [[London and& North Eastern Railway]] as part of the [[Railways Act 1921|1923 grouping]]. Already beginning to experience a decline in traffic, the LNER withdrew regular passenger services from the Durham–Sunderland line west of {{rws|Pittington}}<ref name=":2" /> on 1 January 1931.<ref name=":4" /> Nonetheless, Ryhope retained almost hourly service frequencies on both lines during the 1930s.<ref name=":6" />
 
The LNER came under the control of the [[North Eastern Region of British Railways]] following its [[Transport Act 1947|nationalisation in 1948]] and, by this time, the decline in rail passenger and goods traffic was becoming more serious. Nonetheless, BR initially reinstated the hourly service on the Pittington line (previously reduced during the [[Second World War II]]) but appears to have been unsuccessful and ticket sales at both Ryhope stations amounted to only 6,917 by 1911.<ref name=":6" /> The Hartlepool–Haswell–Sunderland line lost its stopping passenger service (south of Murton) on 9 June 1952<ref name=":4">{{Cite book|last=Hoole|first=Ken|title=North Eastern Branch Lines Since 1925|publisher=Ian Alan Ltd|year=1978|isbn=0711008299|location=Shepperton|pages=80–81 & 114}}</ref> and Ryhope closed to passengers completely when the remaining Pittington–Sunderland passenger service was withdrawn on 5 January 1953.<ref name=":6" /> ''Ryhope'' station remained open for goods to share the burden on ''Ryhope East's'' goods-handling facilities and, when the latter closed to passengers on 7 March 1960, the former was renamed so that both goods stations were called ''Ryhope East''.<ref name=":6" /><ref>Closing of ER and NER Stations ''[[The Railway Magazine]]'' issue 708 April 1960 page 289</ref> Both closed to goods on 1 June 1964.<ref name=":6" /><ref name=":7" />
 
The remainder of the Durham line was dismantled west of Pittington following its complete closure on 11 November 1963<ref name=":2" /> while many of the stations on the West Hartlepool line remained open to goods until 1966,<ref name=":5" /> and it was still used by Sunday diversions until the section through Haswell was dismantled in the late 1960s.<ref name=":8">{{Cite journal|last=Goodyear|first=Alan|date=January 1992|title=MURTON CLOSURE ENDS AN ERA|journal=[[Railway Magazine]]|publication-place=London|volume=138|pages=56–57|via=|number=1089}}</ref> Still, the northern section of the former West Hartlepool line was retained through Ryhope to provide a northerly outlet for coal from [[South Hetton Colliery|South Hetton]] and [[Hawthorn Colliery|Hawthorn Collieries]]<ref name=":8" /> until 1991.<ref name=":9" /> Once this last section of the line was lifted, the [[Hart to Haswell Walkway]] was extended to terminate at the site of Ryhope station.<ref name=":9">{{Cite web|url=https://durhamrecordsonline.com/library/colliery-railways-hartlepool-to-sunderland-via-haswell-183536-1993/|title=Colliery Railways: Hartlepool to Sunderland via Haswell 1835/6-1993 {{!}} Durham Records Online Library|website=Durham Records Online|access-date=8 January 2018}}</ref>▼
 
▲The remainder of the Durham line was dismantled west of Pittington following its complete closure on 11 November 1963<ref name=":2" /> while many of the stations on the West Hartlepool line remained open to goods until 1966,<ref name=":5" /> and it was still used by Sunday diversions until the section through Haswell was dismantled in the late 1960s.<ref name=":8">{{Cite journal|last=Goodyear|first=Alan|date=January 1992|title=MURTONMurton CLOSUREclosure ENDSEnds ANan ERAera|journal=[[The Railway Magazine]]|publication-place=London|volume=138|pages=56–57|via=|number=1089}}</ref> Still, the northern section of the former West Hartlepool line was retained through Ryhope to provide a northerly outlet for coal from [[South Hetton Colliery|South Hetton]] and [[Hawthorn Colliery|Hawthorn Collieries]]<ref name=":8" /> until 1991.<ref name=":9" /> Once this last section of the line was lifted, the [[Hart to Haswell Walkway]] was extended to terminate at the site of Ryhope station.<ref name=":9">{{Cite web|url=https://durhamrecordsonline.com/library/colliery-railways-hartlepool-to-sunderland-via-haswell-183536-1993/|title=Colliery Railways: Hartlepool to Sunderland via Haswell 1835/6-1993 {{!}} Durham Records Online Library|website=Durham Records Online|access-date=8 January 2018}}</ref>
 
== References ==
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