[1] The station opened on 15 April 1844 by the Newcastle and Darlington Junction Railway.

In the 1898 map the station was called Durham and Belmont - Goods Trains and in the 1913 Railway Clearing House map it was referred to as Durham Goods.

A wooden goods shed joined the trainshed and had one single line going into it.

The station closed to goods traffic on 17 November 1966 and the tracks were quickly lifted.

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