Nunthorpe railway station

Nunthorpe
Location
Place	Nunthorpe
Local authority	Middlesbrough
Coordinates	54°31′40″N 1°10′10″W / 54.527895°N 1.169580°W / 54.527895; -1.169580Coordinates: 54°31′40″N 1°10′10″W / 54.527895°N 1.169580°W / 54.527895; -1.169580
Grid reference	NZ538150
Operations
Station code	NNT
Managed by	Northern Rail
Number of platforms	2
Live arrivals/departures and station information from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage
2004/05 *	11,403
2005/06 *	12,406
2006/07 *	13,747
2007/08 *	16,775
2008/09 *	23,208
2009/10 *	23,828
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* Annual passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Nunthorpe from Office of Rail Regulation statistics. Please note: methodology may vary year on year.
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Nunthorpe railway station serves the town of Nunthorpe within the borough of Middlesbrough in the ceremonial county of North Yorkshire, England. It is located on the Esk Valley Line and is operated by Northern Rail who provide all of the station's passenger services. One of the two passing loops on the line is located here and there is a level crossing at the eastern end. The signal box that operates it also supervises the movements of trains on the entire branch and remotely controls the junction further down the line at Battersby.

History

Nunthorpe formed part of the Middlesbrough and Guisborough Railway line from Middlesbrough to Guisborough. In 1964, the line between Nunthorpe and Guisborough was closed, meaning Nunthorpe was no longer a junction and only a station on the line to Whitby via Battersby.^[1] The December 2007 timetable brought about significant changes, and the service is now better than it has been since the mid 1980s when there was an hourly Nunthorpe:Middlesbrough service including seven Whitby trains.

Tees Valley Metro

Nunthorpe station is included, along with other sections of the Esk Valley Line, in the proposed Tees Valley Metro. This is a project to upgrade the Esk Valley Line, Tees Valley Line and Durham Coast Line to provide a faster and more frequent service. In the initial phases the services will be heavy rail mostly along existing alignments. The later phase may introduce tram-trains to allow street running. The project is backed by all the local authorities through which the system would run. These include Hartlepool, Middlesbrough, Redcar & Cleveland, Stockton-On-Tees and Darlington. Support has also been forthcoming from the Department for Transport.

It will eventually bring improvements to Nunthorpe station, including a park-and-ride system.

Services

Monday to Saturday: The service is made up of three elements.

The Esk Valley service between Middlesbrough and Whitby (4 trains each way per day)

A two hourly service between Nunthorpe and Newcastle/Hexham via Hartlepool (6 trains ew per day, although one is shunted to the siding in Middlesbrough on weekdays before continuing to Newcastle)

One train from Bishop Auckland (Darlington on Saturdays) to Nunthorpe

One train from Nunthorpe to Middlesbrough

There is no Sunday service except from the start of the Summer timetable to the end of September.

References

1. ^ Suggitt, G. (2005). Lost Railways of North & East Yorkshire: Countryside Books. ISBN 1-85306-918-3

External links

• Train times and station information for Nunthorpe railway station from National Rail

Preceding station		National Rail		Following station
Gypsy Lane		Northern Rail Esk Valley Line		Great Ayton
	Disused railways
Ormesby		Middlesbrough & Guisborough Railway		Pinchinthorpe