- Chester-le-Street railway station
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Chester-le-Street 
Location Place Chester-le-Street Local authority Durham Coordinates 54°51′18″N 1°34′41″W / 54.855°N 1.578°WCoordinates: 54°51′18″N 1°34′41″W / 54.855°N 1.578°W Grid reference NZ271512 Operations Station code CLS Managed by Northern Rail Number of platforms 2 Live arrivals/departures and station information
from National Rail EnquiriesAnnual rail passenger usage 2004/05 * 126,033 2005/06 * 
151,4862006/07 * 160,7992007/08 * 192,5212008/09 * 
186,9302009/10 * 197,398History Original company North Eastern Railway Pre-grouping North Eastern Railway Post-grouping London and North Eastern Railway 1 December 1868 Station opened National Rail - UK railway stations A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z * Annual passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Chester-le-Street from Office of Rail Regulation statistics. Please note: methodology may vary year on year. Chester-le-Street railway station serves the town of Chester-le-Street in County Durham, England. The station is on the East Coast Main Line 8 miles (13 km) south of Newcastle upon Tyne. It is mentioned in the song "Slow Train" by Flanders and Swann.
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History
The Team Valley line of the North Eastern Railway, which connected Newton Hall Junction near Durham with Gateshead, was authorised in 1848 but not opened until 2 March 1868 (the powers having been renewed in 1862). At first only freight trains used the route, but passenger services began on 1 December 1868,[1] and the station at Chester-le-Street opened the same day.[2]
Services
Mondays to Saturdays there is a mostly 2 hourly First TransPennine Express service from Chester-le-Street, northbound to Newcastle and southbound to Durham and beyond to Machester and Manchester Airport except the first southbound service at 0621 which extends to Liverpool Lime Street. There are a few limited Northern Rail services. Monday to Friday mornings 3 northbound and late nights 1 southbound, and a single southbound CrossCountry service on weekdays and Saturdays. On Sundays there are 4 northbound and southbound Transpennine services. The late night Northern Rail southbound service also runs on Sundays.
Other CrossCountry services as well as all East Coast services pass through the station but do not stop.
Preceding station 
National RailFollowing station CrossCountry First TransPennine Express Northern Rail Operator
Chester-le-Track, an independent private limited company, operates the station as an agent for the local franchised train operating company, which, as of 2011, is Northern Rail.[3] Chester-le-Track began operating the station in 1999, Chester-le-Street having lost its part-time staff some 10 years previously.
References
- ^ Allen, Cecil J. (1974) [1964]. The North Eastern Railway. Shepperton: Ian Allan. pp. 137, 141. ISBN 0 7110 0495 1.
- ^ Butt, R.V.J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations. Yeovil: Patrick Stephens Ltd. p. 60. ISBN 1 85260 508 1. R508.
- ^ "About Us". Chester-le-Track. http://www.chester-le-track.co.uk/htm/aboutus.htm. Retrieved 2008-04-15.
External links
- Train times and station information for Chester-le-Street railway station from National Rail
- Chester-le-Track – operator of Chester-Le-Street station
- Buses from the station
- Buses to the station
Railway stations in County Durham (London Kings Cross) → → Darlington • Aycliffe (closed) • Ferryhill (closed) • Durham • Chester-le-Street → → (Edinburgh Waverley)(Newcastle Central) → → Seaham Colliery (closed) • Seaham • Easington • Horden • Blackhall Rocks • Hartlepool • Seaton Carew • Greatham (closed) • Billingham • Stockton → → MiddlesbroughBishop Auckland • South Church (closed) • Shildon • Newton Aycliffe • Heighington • North Road • Darlington • Dinsdale • Tees-side Airport • Allens West • Eaglescliffe • Thornaby • Newport (closed) • Middlesbrough • Cargo Fleet (closed) • South Bank • Grangetown (closed) • British Steel Redcar • Warrenby Halt (closed) • Redcar Central • Redcar East • Longbeck • Marske • SaltburnBishop Auckland • Witton Park (closed) • Wolsingham • Frosterley • Stanhope • Eastgate (closed) • Westgate (closed) • St Johns Chapel (closed) • Wearhead (closed)Former railway linesClarence RailwayRedmarshallDarlington and Tebay BranchDarlington • North Road • Piercebridge • Gainford • Winston • Broomielaw • Barnard Castle • Lartington • Hulands • Bowes → → (Tebay)(Swalwell, Tyne and Wear) → → Lintz Green • High Westwood • Ebchester • Shotley Bridge • BlackhillLanchester Valley railway
(incomplete)Durham • Aldin Grange for Bearpark • Witton Gilbert • LanchesterAnnfield Plain DeviationPelton • Beamish • West Stanley(Sunniside, Tyne and Wear) → → Andrews House • Causey Arch • East TanfieldCategories:- Railway stations in County Durham
- Former North Eastern Railway (UK) stations
- Railway stations opened in 1868
- Railway stations served by CrossCountry
- Railway stations served by First TransPennine Express
- Railway stations served by Northern Rail
- DfT Category F1 stations
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