- Thornaby railway station
Infobox UK station
name = Thornaby
code = TBY
manager =First TransPennine Express
locale =Thornaby-on-Tees
borough = Stockton-on-Tees
platforms = 2
lowusage0405 = 332,520Thornaby railway station serves the town of
Thornaby-on-Tees and due to having better connections thanStockton railway station also much ofStockton-on-Tees . It is located in the borough of Stockton-On-Tees and in theceremonial county ofNorth Yorkshire . It is currently operated byFirst TransPennine Express .The two platform station suffered a gradual decline and reduction in facilities from the 1960s onwards resulting in an unmanned, "bus shelter" standard by the turn of century. However thanks to its significant level of patronage, much of which is due to being located next to the
Teesdale development area andDurham University 's Queen's Campus, Stockton, and its importance as an interchange station it was substantially modernised in a £500,000 project lead byArriva Trains Northern , the SRA and Stockton-On-Tees borough council. The newly rebuilt station was officially opened by local MPDari Taylor on 7 February2003 and now provides an enlarged car park, heated waiting room, manned ticket office, a shop, VDU displays and better lighting and security. As a result of this improvement work, and the return of staffing, Thornaby won a National Station of the Year Award in the 2003HSBC Rail Awards.ervices
All trains on the
Tees Valley Line andDurham Coast Line call at the station, giving it hourly services northbound to Sunderland & Newcastle and half-hourly trains westbound to Darlington and eastbound to Saltburn each weekday. Certain Darlington-bound trains continue on to Bishop Auckland (two-hourly off peak, increasing to hourly at peak times).First TransPennine Express services to York, Leeds and Manchester Airport also stop here every hour. All eastbound trains call (or terminate) at Middlesbrough.On Sundays there is an hourly service on the Tees Valley line (two-hourly to Bishop Auckland) and a two-hourly service to both Newcastle and Manchester Airport.
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