Seaham railway station

Infobox UK station
name = Seaham

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manager = Northern Rail
locale = Seaham
borough = Easington
lowusage0405 = 91,676
lowusage0506 = 98,040
lowusage0607 = 106,831
start = 1905
platforms = 2
code = SEA

Seaham Railway Station serves the town of Seaham in County Durham, England. It is located on the Durham Coast Line and is operated by Northern Rail who provide all of the station's passenger services.

The first rail route into the town (the "Seaham & Sunderland Railway") was built as a means of exporting coal from nearby collieries owned by the Marquess of Londonderry. Completed in 1854, it ran from a station near the town harbour to Ryhope Grange near Sunderland, where it joined the North Eastern Railway. The NER eventually purchased the line in 1900 and then opened a line southwards along the coast to West Hartlepool on 1 April 1905 [Body, p.150] to create a new coastal route between Sunderland, Hartlepool and Middlesbrough. A new through station was constructed at the same time and this is the one that remains in use today, the original "Seaham Harbour" terminus having closed to passengers on 11 September 1939 [Body, p.150] .

ervices

Mondays to Saturdays there is a basic hourly service in each direction (except late evenings) to Newcastle and Middlesbrough respectively, with many northbound trains continuing to Hexham and some southbound ones to Nunthorpe. Sundays see a two-hourly service in each direction.

Notes

References

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

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