Railway Station, Witton Gilbert, with a group of railway workers, c.1900 The station was built in 1862; the station house is described as being 'rather Scottish in appearance – built of faced stone blocks, with stepped gable roofs'; the station buildings were mainly wooden; the Lanchester Valley branch line ran from Relly Mill Viaduct, Durham, to the Derwent Ironworks in Consett; passenger traffic at the station was high until the 1920s, when the bus services to Durham and Langley Park began. To return to the main site click Witton Gilbert at the top.