The loop line between Annfield Plain and Pelton was built by the North Eastern Railway (NER), and opened for freight trains on 1 January 1886.

[1][2] This deviation line allowed several steep rope-worked inclines (on the former Pontop and South Shields Railway section of the old Stanhope and Tyne Railway) to be avoided.

[3] Passenger stations on the loop line, including Shield Row, were opened on 1 February 1894.

[5] On 1 January 1923 the NER amalgamated with other companies to form the London and North Eastern Railway (LNER).

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