Redcar East is a railway station on the Tees Valley Line, which runs between Bishop Auckland and Saltburn via Darlington. The station, situated 8 miles 60 chains (14.1 km) east of Middlesbrough, serves the seaside town of Redcar, Redcar and Cleveland in North Yorkshire, England. It is owned by Network Rail and managed by Northern Trains.
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| Location | Redcar, Redcar and Cleveland England | ||||
| Coordinates | 54°36′33″N 1°03′07″W / 54.6090550°N 1.0519248°W | ||||
| Grid reference | NZ613241 | ||||
| Owned by | Network Rail | ||||
| Managed by | Northern Trains | ||||
| Platforms | 2 | ||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||
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| Station code | RCE | ||||
| Classification | DfT category F1 | ||||
| History | |||||
| Original company | London and North Eastern Railway | ||||
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| 8 July 1929 | Opened as Redcar East Halt | ||||
| 1937 | Renamed Redcar East | ||||
| Passengers | |||||
| 2019/20 |  0.108 million | ||||
| 2020/21 |  20,888 | ||||
| 2021/22 | 74,208 | ||||
| 2022/23 | 82,882 | ||||
| 2023/24 | 93,274 | ||||
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Tees Valley Metro
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Starting in 2006, Redcar East was mentioned within the Tees Valley Metro scheme. This was a plan to upgrade the Tees Valley Line and sections of the Esk Valley Line and Durham Coast Line to provide a faster and more frequent service across the North East of England. In the initial phases the services would have been heavy rail mostly along existing alignments with new additional infrastructure and rollingstock. The later phase would have introduced tram-trains to allow street running and further heavy rail extensions.[1][2][3][4]
As part of the scheme, Redcar East station would have received improved service to Darlington (1–2 to 4 trains per hour) and new rollingstock.[1]
However, due to a change in government in 2010 and the 2008 financial crisis, the project was ultimately shelved.[5] Several stations eventually got their improvements and there is a possibility of improved rollingstock and services in the future which may affect Redcar East.[6]
Facilities
editThe station is unstaffed, so passengers wishing to travel must buy tickets before boarding or on the train. In 2014, the station facilities were improved.[7] The package for this station included new fully lit waiting shelters, renewed station signage, digital CIS displays and the installation of CCTV. The long-line Public Address system (PA) has been renewed and upgraded with pre-recorded train announcements.[8]
Services
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As of the May 2021 timetable change, the station is served by two trains per hour between Saltburn and Darlington via Middlesbrough, with one train per hour extending to Bishop Auckland. An hourly service operates between Saltburn and Bishop Auckland on Sunday. All services are operated by Northern Trains.[9]
Rolling stock used: Class 156 Super Sprinter and Class 158 Express Sprinter
| Preceding station |  National Rail
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Following station | ||
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| Longbeck | Northern Trains Tees Valley Line |
Redcar Central | ||
References
edit- ^ a b Tees valley Unlimited (18 May 2010). "Tees Valley Metro: Phase 1 - Project Summary" (PDF). Stockton-on-Tess Borough Council.
- ^ Tees Valley Unlimited (April 2011). "Connecting the Tees Valley - Statement of Transport Ambition" (PDF). Retrieved 11 November 2024.
- ^ LOWES, RON; PARKER, IAN (18 September 2007). "Executive Report - Tees Valley Metro" (PDF). Retrieved 11 November 2024.
- ^ "Metro system hope for Tees Valley". 9 November 2006. Retrieved 11 November 2024.
- ^ "When the Tees Valley was set to get its own £220m metro system and what went wrong". The Northern Echo. 4 February 2023. Retrieved 11 November 2024.
- ^ "Tees Valley authority unanimously backs £1bn transport plan". BBC News. 27 January 2024. Retrieved 11 November 2024.
- ^ "Railway station for Middlesbrough's James Cook University Hospital". BBC News. BBC. 24 May 2012. Retrieved 25 November 2015.
- ^ "Transport Minister officially opens railway station at James Cook University Hospital in Middlesbrough". The Northern Echo. 19 July 2014. Retrieved 25 November 2015.
- ^ "Train times: Bishop Auckland and Darlington to Middlesbrough and Saltburn" (PDF). Northern Trains. 16 May 2021. Retrieved 6 June 2021.
External links
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Media related to Redcar East railway station at Wikimedia Commons- Train times and station information for Redcar East railway station from National Rail
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