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NZ3031 : Ferryhill Station ECML and Sidings Early road and rail routes to the north converged on the 'Ferryhill Gap'. Wikipedia summarises it so: "Ferryhill sits on the western edge of the Ferryhill Gap, a natural gateway in the Limestone Escarpment that outcrops on the Eastern Durham Plateau. The main settlement lies along the SW-NE ridge, with later development to the south of the ridge. Ferryhill lies on the medieval Great North Road which formerly was the A1, now the A167, which leads to Durham City and Newcastle-upon-Tyne to the North, and to Darlington in the south". With the A1(M) now by-passing the gap, and the railways never being the same after Beeching, todays scholars may no longer learn of this geographical feature that brought such fame to the district. Oh for those heady days when Durham County teams regularly featured in the FA Amateur Cup Final at the old Wembley Stadium, and 'football specials' used to leave Ferryhill Station for an overnight run to Kings Cross.