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-{{Short description|Disused railway station in Newton Aycliffe, County Durham, England}}
-{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2022}}
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-{{Use British English|date=March 2022}}
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-{{Infobox station
-| name                = Simpasture
-| image =
-| image_caption =
-| status              = Disused
-| borough             = [[ROF Aycliffe]], [[Newton Aycliffe]], [[County Durham]]
-| country             = England
-| coordinates = {{coord|54.61202|-1.57786|format=dms|region:GB_type:railwaystation|display=inline,title}}
-| map_type = United Kingdom County Durham
-| map_caption = Location in [[County Durham]], England
-| platforms           = ?
-| original            = [[Clarence Railway]]
-| pregroup          = Clarence Railway
-| years               = {{Start date|1941|df=yes}}
-| events              = Station Opened
-| years1			  = {{End date|1954|df=y}}
-| events1			  = Station Closed
-| years2			  = {{End date|1963|df=y}}
-| events2			  = Line Closed
 }}
-'''Simpasture railway station''' was one of two stations that served the former [[ROF Aycliffe]]<ref>{{cite news |title=Life in wartime at Aycliffe |url=https://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/history/11887075.life-wartime-aycliffe/ |access-date=2 June 2024 |work=The Northern Echo |date=28 March 2015 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=eaw043324 ENGLAND (1952). The town, Newton Aycliffe, from the south-east, 1952 {{!}} Britain From Above |url=https://britainfromabove.org.uk/cy/image/eaw043324 |website=britainfromabove.org.uk |access-date=2 June 2024}}</ref> in [[County Durham]], England from 1941 to 1953. It was used for workers going to and from the factory as well as for freight traffic. The line closed in 1963 and the site is now occupied by Northfield Way Industrial Estate.<ref>{{cite news |title=The Blue Bridge of Newton Aycliffe: Gallons of blue paint, memories of steam and a German boss |url=https://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/history/18513964.blue-bridge-aycliffe-painted-blue/ |access-date=2 June 2024 |work=The Northern Echo |date=14 June 2020 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Clarence Railway {{!}} Co-Curate |url=https://co-curate.ncl.ac.uk/clarence-railway/ |website=co-curate.ncl.ac.uk |access-date=2 June 2024}}</ref>
-==History==
-The station was opened in 1941 along with nearby [[Demons Bridge railway station|Demons Bridge]] on the [[Clarence Railway]] although the station was on the Shildon branch. The station was closed sometime in the 1950s and the line in the early 1960s.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Newton Aycliffe Railway Station (NAY) - The ABC Railway Guide |url=https://abcrailwayguide.uk/nay-newton-aycliffe-railway-station |access-date=2024-06-05 |website=abcrailwayguide.uk}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Johnstone |first=Lisa |date=2021-03-25 |title=Accidents Along The Line |url=https://www.sdr1825.org.uk/people-of-the-sdr/accidents-along-the-line/ |access-date=2024-06-05 |website=Friends Of The Stockton & Darlington Railway |language=en-GB}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Priestley |first=Joseph |url=https://books.google.com/books/about/Historical_Account_of_the_Navigable_Rive.html?id=eUqIucVmZjwC#v=onepage&q=simpasture%20railway%20station&f=false |title=Historical Account of the Navigable Rivers, Canals and Railways of Great Britain: As a Reference to Nichols, Priestley & Walker's New Map of Inland Navigation, Derived from Original and Parliamentary Do Cuments |date=1831 |publisher=Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown & Green |language=en}}</ref>
-==Routes==
-{{Historical Rail Start}}
-{{rail line| previous={{stnlnk|Shildon}}<br /><small>Line closed, station open</small> |route=[[North Eastern Railway (UK)|North Eastern Railway]]<br /><small>[[Clarence Railway]] (Simpasture Branch)</small> |col={{NER colour}} }}
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-==References==
-{{reflist}}
-{{Closed stations County Durham}}
-[[Category:Disused railway stations in County Durham]]
-[[Category:Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1941]]
-[[Category:Railway stations in Great Britain closed in 1953]]
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-{{NorthEastEngland-railstation-stub}}