Greatham station was opened by the Stockton and Hartlepool Railway

in 1841 at a pretty remote and somewhat remote location some distance from the village it professed to serve. It was downgraded to an unmanned halt and survived the Beeching cull in large part due to the adjacent Cerebos salt factory many of whose workers used the station for commuting. Unfortunately, under BR traffic declined with a hopeless stopping pattern put in place that meant nobody was able to use the station with eventual closure by stealth coming on 24.11.1991. 142084 rattles through the remains of the station working the 12.45 Hexham to Nunthorpe service.