Redcar Central railway station

Infobox UK station
name = Redcar Central
code = RCC


manager = Northern Rail
locale = Redcar
borough = Redcar and Cleveland
platforms = 2
usage0405 = 0.356
usage0506 = 0.372
usage0607 = 0.395

Redcar Central railway station serves the town of Redcar in the borough of Redcar and Cleveland and the ceremonial county of North Yorkshire. It is located on the Tees Valley Line and operated by Northern Rail who provide all passenger train services. Redcar Central is a staffed Monday to Saturday but not on Sunday. There is also a waiting room that is open Monday to Saturday.

Unusually the two platforms are not opposite each other as is the case with most stations. Platform 1 is further west than the second and there is a bridge over the track which connects the two. There is a level crossing over one of the major roads into Redcar at the end of platform 1 which can also be used to cross over the track. Nearby is the Redcar Station business park which houses a few local business units.

History

The line into the town from the west was opened as the "Middlesbrough & Redcar Railway" on 4 June 1846 [Body, p.144] . The company that constructed it was nominally independent, but in reality was backed financially by the Stockton and Darlington Railway and the "Great North of England Railway" (one of the constituent companies of the North Eastern Railway). The S&D had formally taken over by the time an extension eastwards to Saltburn was completed in August 1861 - this diverged from the original line just short of the existing terminus (part of which remained in use for goods traffic) and so a new through station had to be constructed. This was built in a similar style to that used by G T Andrews elsewhere on the NER, with an impressive frontage and overall roof. However it also had only a single platform (a configuration popular elsewhere on the S&D and NER), which led to congestion and delays during the summer months when traffic levels were at their heaviest. A second platform outside the train shed was eventually provided for westbound services by the LNER in 1935 [ [http://www.staff.ncl.ac.uk/m.h.ellison/nera/october_tour_2000.htm The Stockton and Darlington Railway (S&DR) was authorised by an Act of Parliament dated ****, to construct the railway which would later become to be promoted as the World’s F... ] ] . Today the original train shed is no longer used, a replacement eastbound platform having been constructed alongside it in the mid 1980s.

ervices

The station has a half hourly service on weekdays to Middlesbrough & Darlington westbound and to Saltburn eastbound. One train every two hours to Darlington continues to Bishop Auckland. There is an hourly service on Sundays.

Notes

References

*Body, G. (1988), "PSL Field Guides - Railways of the Eastern Region Volume 2", Patrick Stephens Ltd, Wellingborough, ISBN 1-85260-072-1

External links

* [http://217.23.229.206/jpclient.exe?b=Redcar+Central+(rail+station)&SubmitQuery Buses from the station]
* [http://217.23.229.206/jpclient.exe?e=Redcar+Central+(rail+station)&SubmitQuery Buses to the station]