Stockton railway station (County Durham)
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2 June 1852 | Opened as Stockton-on-Tees | ||||||||||
1852/53 | Renamed North Stockton | ||||||||||
1 November 1892 | Renamed Stockton-on-Tees | ||||||||||
1985 | Renamed Stockton | ||||||||||
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2018/19 | 83,050 | ||||||||||
2019/20 | 88,272 | ||||||||||
2020/21 | 26,174 | ||||||||||
2021/22 | 78,162 | ||||||||||
2022/23 | 84,768 | ||||||||||
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Stockton is a railway station on the Durham Coast Line, which runs between Newcastle and Middlesbrough via Hartlepool. The station, situated 5 miles 45 chains (9.0 km) west of Middlesbrough, serves the market town of Stockton-on-Tees in County Durham, England. It is owned by Network Rail and managed by Northern Trains.
Thornaby railway station (known as "South Stockton" until 1892), across the River Tees from Stockton-on-Tees provides a wider range of services and acts as the main railway station for most of Stockton-on-Tees. This station originally had a roof but it was removed in 1979 due to being in a bad state of repair and it has not been replaced since (the same work also saw the removal of redundant track & platforms). The other main buildings are also no longer in rail use, having been converted into apartments.
Station facilities here have been improved and included new fully lit waiting shelters, digital information screens and the installation of CCTV. The long-line Public Address system (PA) has been renewed and upgraded with pre-recorded train announcements. A fully accessible footbridge has also been built to provide step-free access to both platforms.[1] There are however no ticket facilities here (the station being unmanned), so all tickets have to be bought prior to travel or on the train.
History
In 1852 the
The current station is not at the same location as the former terminus of the Stockton and Darlington Railway (though using the same name).
The station was also served (albeit indirectly) by the
Services
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Durham Coast line
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There is an hourly service from the station in each direction (with a few peak hour extras), northbound to
On Sundays there is an hourly service in each direction between Middlesbrough and Newcastle, with some extensions to/from Carlisle, plus two additional services between Darlington and Hartlepool that avoid Middlesbrough using the original 1852 link via Stockton Cut Junction. These are the last remnants of the much more frequent direct service (approx two-hourly Mon-Sat plus some Sunday trains) that ran between Darlington and Hartlepool up until 1991.
References
- ^ Stockton station facilities National Rail Enquiries; Retrieved 8 February 2017
- ^ Allen 1974, pp. 100, 102–3
- ^ a b Butt 1995, pp. 174, 220
- ^ Body 1988, pp. 161–2
- ^ Allen 1974, p. 107
- ^ "When Coal Was King: Chapter 2 - Railways" www.east-durham.co.uk; Retrieved 2013-12-18
- ^ UK National Rail Timetable December 2023, Table 41 (Network Rail)
Sources
- ISBN 0-7110-0495-1.
- Body, G. (1988). PSL Field Guides - Railways of the Eastern Region Volume 2. Wellingborough: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 1-85260-072-1.
- Butt, R.V.J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations. Yeovil: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 1-85260-508-1. R508.
External links
- Media related to Stockton railway station at Wikimedia Commons
- Train times and station information for Stockton railway station (County Durham) from National Rail
Preceding station | National Rail | Following station | ||
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Northern Trains | ||||
Historical railways | ||||
Terminus | North Eastern Railway Clarence Railway |
Carlton Line open, station closed | ||
Terminus | North Eastern Railway Clarence Railway (Port Clarence Branch) |
Norton-on-Tees Line open, station closed | ||
Terminus | North Eastern Railway Castle Eden Railway |
Thorpe Thewles Line and station closed |