Claim: Hedgeley railway station started operations under North Eastern Railway (an English railway company) on September 5, 1887 and closed to passengers on September 22, 1930.
Evidence: The station opened on 5 September 1887 by the North Eastern Railway. The station closed to passengers on 22 September 1930 and to goods traffic on 2 March 1953. The North Eastern Railway (NER) was an English railway company.