Shildon railway station
Shildon is a railway station serving the town of Shildon in County Durham, England on the Tees Valley Line, between Bishop Auckland and Saltburn via Darlington.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: David Dixon, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Railway station
- Description: railway station in County Durham, England, UK
- Also known as: “SHD”, “Shildon Railway Station”, and “Shildon Station”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Locomotion Museum and Coal Drops, 110 Metres East Of Soho Engine Shed.
Locomotion Museum
Museum
Photo: Hugh Mortimer, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Locomotion, previously known as Locomotion the National Railway Museum at Shildon, is a railway museum in Shildon, County Durham, England. The museum was renamed in 2017 when it became part of the Science Museum Group. Locomotion Museum is situated 1,400 feet southeast of Shildon railway station.
Coal Drops, 110 Metres East Of Soho Engine Shed
Industrial building
Photo: Ashley Dace, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Coal Drops, 110 Metres East Of Soho Engine Shed is an industrial building.
Shildon Signal Box
Building
Photo: Ashley Dace, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Shildon Signal Box is a building, which is situated 350 feet southeast of Shildon railway station.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Shildon and Middridge.
Shildon
Town
Photo: David Robinson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Shildon is a town and civil parish in County Durham, in England. The population taken at the 2011 Census was 9,976. The town has the Locomotion Museum, due to it having the first station, built in 1825, and locomotive works on the Stockton and Darlington Railway.
Middridge
Village
Photo: Hugh Mortimer, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Middridge is a village and civil parish in County Durham, England. It is situated east of Shildon and north-west of Newton Aycliffe. The village is situated near a quarry that was mined by the people many generations ago.
Eldon
Village
Eldon is a village in County Durham, England. It is situated a few miles south-west of Bishop Auckland, a short distance from Shildon. It gives its name to the peerage of the Earls of Eldon.
Shildon railway station
- Categories: station and transportation
- Location: Shildon, County Durham, North East England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
54.62619° or 54° 37′ 34″ northLongitude
-1.63671° or 1° 38′ 12″ westElevation
400 feet (122 metres)Operator
Northern TrainsNetwork
National RailAbbreviation
“SHD”Open location code
9C6WJ9G7+F8OpenStreetMap ID
node 102208486OpenStreetMap feature
public_transport=stationOpenStreetMap feature
railway=station
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to French—“Shildon railway station” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “希尔登站”
- Chinese: “希爾登火車站”
- Dutch: “station Shildon”
- Dutch: “Station Shildon”
- Egyptian Arabic: “محطة شيلدون”
- French: “gare de Shildon”
- French: “Shildon”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as New Shildon and Old Eldon.
Nearby Places
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Shildon railway station”. Photo: David Dixon, CC BY-SA 2.0.