A view of Stockton Station. Date unknown.
Photograph courtesy of Peter Jordison.
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A Pictorial History of Stockton-on-Tees
A view of Stockton Station. Date unknown.
Photograph courtesy of Peter Jordison.
Great photo of the inside of Stockton station surely very rare, more please,especially in colour. I remember catching a special train to Whitby with a deltic in this colour scheme, during the early eighties, although by then the overall roof had been removed.
Your Deltic would have been 55002 or D9002 KIngs Own Yorkshire Light Infantry which was painted in the ‘original’ colour scheme when all the rest were rail blue towards the end of its operating life and worked several railtours in this livery. It is preserved as part of the National Collection at the NRM in York…..
I believe this train to be the 14-43 from Stockton. It was an express from Newcastle to Kings Cross via Sunderland and Stockton. At the begining of the 1960’s it departed about 30mins earlier and was often a Kings Cross A-4 duty.
I forgot to mention on my previous note that this train was Sundays only.
Same here Lynda. A Sunday afternoon family trip to Seaton Carew. Then the walk down the long road from Seaton Carew Station to the sea. So easily pleased in those days.
Probably sometime in the early to mid 60s. It was probably a Sunday when East Coast main line trains were sometimes diverted via Stockton if engineering work was taking place on the main line. The Deltic hauling the train shows 1A39 headcode which was the 09.30 Glasgow – Kings Cross
My mam and dad were the steward and stewardess of the Railway club above the station in the early sixties.
The train drivers called for a pint whilst the passengers were boarding.
I have lots of stories to tell about this station.
great little club this reached by a flight of wooden stairs through a large door to the left of the foyer, on thursdays you collected your pay at the ticket office window and would head straight to the club where you would be lucky to find a seat, many a signalman went there before their shifts and after, would be instant dismissal now and rightly so, but great days when the railways had lots of great people working for them in every line of work and before doctor beeching swung his axe and the railway was never the same again.
What a marvellous photograph. It’s how I used to remember it. Along with all the Virol Ads.
Yes and look whats left of it. Nothing. Birth of the railways and all we have to show for it is a platform. I travel a great deal by train but never used Stockton Station as it was too dark and I didn’t feel safe. Makes my blood boil that we have such history on our doorstep and it is not celebrated. Also Thornaby ticket office is the oldest in the world and not one person I asked knew where it was. Very sad
I agree totally. I think at this time it is too late to regain the heritage that we have already lost. Birthplace of a world revolution in transport and what do we have to show for it?
Based on the green loco and the orange ‘Way Out’ sign this is in the mid-sixties.
Great picture – many a trip to Seaton Carew started here for us in the 50’s.