Heighington railway station

Heighington railway station

Infobox UK station
name = Heighington
code = HEI



manager = Northern Rail
locale = Newton Aycliffe
borough = Sedgefield
start =
platforms = 2
lowusage0405 = 10,297
lowusage0506 = 12,954
lowusage0607 = 10,450
latitude = 54.5972
longitude = -1.5818

Heighington railway station located on Heighington Lane and serves Aycliffe Business Park (formerly Aycliffe Industrial Park in in the town of Newton Aycliffe County Durham, England. The station is on the Tees Valley Line and is operated by Northern Rail who provide all passenger train services.

History

The station lies on the route of the Stockton and Darlington Railway, the first passenger railway. The station's historical claim to fame is that the first train on that line, the Locomotion No. 1, was assembled here in 1825 before starting on its first journey.


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