Seamer railway station
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Location | Seamer, North Yorkshire England |
Coordinates | 54°14′26″N 0°25′02″W / 54.2405°N 0.4171°W |
Grid reference | TA032839 |
Managed by | TransPennine Express |
Platforms | 2 |
Other information | |
Station code | SEM |
Classification | DfT category F2 |
History | |
Opened | 1845 |
Passengers | |
2018/19 | 0.145 million |
2019/20 | 0.148 million |
2020/21 | 34,528 |
Interchange | 8,311 |
2021/22 | 0.123 million |
Interchange | 32,493 |
2022/23 | 0.121 million |
Interchange | 34,375 |
Notes | |
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road |
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Times shown are best times from
Manchester Victoria . |
Seamer railway station serves the village of
The station is actually sited between the communities of Eastfield and Crossgates, about one mile from Seamer. It took the name of Seamer since there was already a Cross Gates railway station in West Yorkshire.
History
Seamer station was opened on 7 July 1845[1] by the York and North Midland Railway and became a junction station when a branch line to Filey was opened the following year (5 October 1846). Its island platform configuration was chosen to make it easier for passengers to change between the two routes here rather than continuing into Scarborough to do so. A second branch line from the station (the Forge Valley Line to Pickering) was opened by the NER on 1 May 1882 - the station subsequently underwent improvements (including the construction of a second signal box and an additional passenger line & platform) in 1911 to accommodate the extra traffic.
The Forge Valley line was never particularly busy and it was an early victim of road competition, closing to passengers on 5 June 1950 (less than three years after the nationalisation of the railway system). The track was lifted by 1953 and the additional platform and slow line here was removed soon afterwards.[2] The former station house on the down (eastern) side next to the level crossing (which has been pedestrian only since the late 1980s) still stands, though no longer in rail usage (now a private residence).
Facilities
The station currently only has basic facilities, such as a large shelter on the island platforms, as well as passenger information screens towards the middle of the platforms. The station is unstaffed, but a ticket machine is provided. Step-free access to the platform is via a foot
Services
TransPennine Express
From Seamer Monday to Saturdays there are up to two trains per hour eastbound to
On Sundays, the same service pattern applies.
Northern Trains
Until
The new TransPennine & Northern franchises (which started in April 2016) was to see service frequency and rolling stock improvements implemented on both routes - the Hull line will have an hourly frequency throughout the week (now implemented),
Route
Preceding station | National Rail | Following station | ||
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TransPennine Express North TransPennine | ||||
Northern Trains Yorkshire Coast Line | ||||
Historical railways | ||||
Terminus | Forge Valley Line | Forge Valley | ||
Ganton Station closed; Line open |
York to Scarborough Line
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Scarborough Londesborough Road Station closed; Line open | ||
Cayton Station closed; Line open |
Hull to Scarborough Line
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Scarborough Londesborough Road Station closed; Line open |
References
- ^ Body, p. 149
- ^ Disused Stations - Seamer Disused Stations Site Record; Retrieved 23 June 2017
- ^ Seamer station facilities National Rail Enquiries; Retrieved 8 December 2016
- ^ Table 39 National Rail timetable, December 2022
- ^ Table 43 National Rail timetable, May 2019
- ^ "Northern Franchise Improvements - DfT". Archived from the original on 11 December 2015. Retrieved 31 March 2016.
- ^ TransPennine Franchise Improvements - DfTDepartment for Transport
- ^ "New train service for Malton and Norton delayed" Dunning, D Minster FM news article 15 October 2019; Retrieved 19 November 2019
- Body, G. (1988), PSL Field Guides - Railways of the Eastern Region Volume 2, Patrick Stephens Ltd, Wellingborough, ISBN 1-85260-072-1
External links
- Train times and station information for Seamer railway station from National Rail