Last update 8 November 2023
Mileages are given in the form miles.chains unless stated otherwise. Figures prefixed with ≈ are approximate, those in parentheses are not on this route but are given for reference. Reference to 'start'/'end' of an asset are as read down the page.
8.28 Shildon South Junction with DAE1 (8.28) and BSS (0.00) 8.34 SHILDON 8.66 start of Shildon (or Prince of Wales) tunnel 9.42 end of Shildon (or Prince of Wales) tunnel 9.48 junction with … 9.52 TUNNEL JUNCTION 9.54 Shildon Tunnel North Junction with Tunnel Branch (0.00) 10.33 SOUTH CHURCH 11.14 Bishop Auckland East Junction with BIF (0.00) 11.17 Bishop Auckland East Junction with BIC (0.00) 11.18 Bishop Auckland East Junction with BPA/DBA (0.00) 11.23 BISHOP AUCKLAND 11.37 BISHOP AUCKLAND preservation station 11.36 Bishop Auckland West Junction with Bishop Auckland West & North Curve (0.00) 12.53 ESCOMBE built but never opened 13.40 WITTON PARK formerly ETHERLEY [2] 13.48 OLD ETHERLEY COLLIERY built but never opened ≈13.58 ETHERLEY [1] 14.47 Wear Valley Junction with DAE3 (0.00) 14.48 WEAR VALLEY JUNCTION/WITTON JUNCTION 15.39 HOWDEN built but never opened 15.44 BEECHBURN formerly HOWDEN ≈16.59 junction for CROOK [1] 16.70 CROOK [1] later goods depot 17.20 CROOK [2] 17.26 junction with Sunnyside Branch (0.47) 17.27 Woolley Colliery Branch Junction with colliery lines 21.53 TOW LAW [2] 21.61 Tow Law Junction with Sunnyside Branch (≈3.76) ≈21.71 TOW LAW [1] 22.39 Blackfield goods depot 23.14 HIGH STOOP may only have ever been a goods depot 25.20 Backstone Bank goods depot 26.02 SALTERSGATE may only have ever been a goods depot 26.68 Burnhill Junction with WAY (0.00) 27.13 BURNHILL formerly BURN HILL JUNCTION; BURN HILL 29.59 Whitehall Junction with original Stanhope & Tyne alignment 30.07 ROWLEY formerly COLD R. 31.14 Hownes Gill Junction with Consett East Junction to Hownes Gill Junction Line 31.42 Consett South Junction with SDM (11.68)