Rainton and Seaham Railway, North Hetton Branch

HER Number:
3205

District:
Sunderland

Site Name:
Rainton and Seaham Railway, North Hetton Branch

Place:
East Rainton

Map Sheet:
NZ34NW

Class:
Transport

Site Type: Broad:
Railway Transport Site

Site Type: Specific:
Railway

General Period:
Early Modern

Specific Period:
C19

Form of Evidence:
Documentary Evidence

Description:
The Rainton and Seaham Railway, North Hetton Branch, linked North Hetton Colliery (HER ref. 3224) with the main Rainton and Seaham line (HER ref. 2976). This line was taken over by the Hetton Coal Company in 1896 and continued to work until 1917, having originally been part of the Londonderry Railway.

Easting:
3403

Northing:
4853

Grid Reference:
NZ34034853

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
<< HER 3205 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey map, 1861, 6 inch scale, Durham20 C.E. Mountford, 1970, The Development of Colliery Railways in Co. Durham, p.13