North Road is a railway station on the Tees Valley Line, which runs between Bishop Auckland and Saltburn via Darlington.

The building was constructed to a design by the S&D resident engineer of the time John Harris and was expanded and rebuilt on several subsequent occasions (e.g. in 1856 following the opening of the line to Barnard Castle and again in 1864 and 1876 by the NER and their main architect William Peachey).

[3] The opening of the main line station at Bank Top in 1887 saw the importance of North Road decline and it was twice threatened with closure in the 20th century (initially in 1930 and again under the Beeching cuts of 1963), but was reprieved each time.

This prompted the local council, the town's tourist board, Darlington Museums service and a consortium of local people to join together to restore the station and Hopetown Works Complex nearby as a museum (formerly known as Head of Steam), whilst maintaining a single active platform for the Bishop Auckland branch line.

The station is not listed as suitable for wheelchair users on the National Rail website due to the approach path being steeply graded.