- Nunthorpe railway station
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Nunthorpe Location Place Nunthorpe Local authority Middlesbrough Coordinates 54°31′40″N 1°10′10″W / 54.527895°N 1.169580°WCoordinates: 54°31′40″N 1°10′10″W / 54.527895°N 1.169580°W Grid reference NZ538150 Operations Station code NNT Managed by Northern Rail Number of platforms 2 Live arrivals/departures and station information
from National Rail EnquiriesAnnual 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
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 Nunthorpe from Office of Rail Regulation statistics. Please note: methodology may vary year on year. 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.
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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
- ^ 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
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- Railway stations in the Tees Valley
- Railway stations in North Yorkshire
- Former North Eastern Railway (UK) stations
- Railway stations opened in 1854
- Railway stations served by Northern Rail
- DfT Category F2 stations
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