2002
NZ4836 : Site of Hart station
taken 23 years ago, near to Hart, Hartlepool, England

Site of Hart station
View SE, towards Hartlepool, Stockton etc.: ex-NER Durham Coast main line, Newcastle - Sunderland - West Hartlepool - Stockton - Eaglescliffe and South/Thornaby - Middlesbrough etc. The station closed finally to passengers 31/8/53, having been closed 7/41 - 5/46 and then only opened irregularly. Until closed 7/6/52 (9/63 for goods), the earlier line from Ferryhill (and from Sunderland) via Castle Eden had joined the Coast line here from the west, behind the camera. (Cf. NZ4836 : Hart "Station").
