Shildon railway station

Shildon railway station is in North East England and serves the town of Shildon in County Durham, England built by Timothy Hackworth. It was opened on 27 September 1825 by the Stockton and Darlington Railway.[1] The station is on the Tees Valley Line and is operated by Northern Trains, which provides all passenger train services. The station is on the Bishop Line, 9 ³⁄₄ miles (15.7 km) north west of Darlington.

Shildon
Location	Shildon, County Durham England
Grid reference	NZ235257
Managed by	Northern Trains
Platforms	2
Other information
Station code	SHD
Classification	DfT category F1
History
Original company	Stockton and Darlington Railway
Pre-grouping	North Eastern Railway
Post-grouping	London and North Eastern Railway
Key dates
27 September 1825 (1825-09-27)	Station opened
Passengers
2015/16	45,816
2016/17	51,994
2017/18	48,838
2018/19	67,568
2019/20	65,168
Notes
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

Station facilities here have been improved as part of the Tees Valley Metro project. The package for this station included new fully lit waiting shelters, digital CIS displays, renewed station signage and the installation of CCTV.[2] The long-line Public Address system (PA) has been renewed and upgraded with pre-recorded train announcements.

The station is unstaffed and all tickets must be purchased from the ticket vending machine on the platform prior to travel.[3] Step-free access is available to both platforms via ramps, which were added in 2003 when the station was rebuilt in conjunction with the construction of the Shildon Locomotion Museum, sited alongside it on land formerly occupied by the sidings of the Shildon railway works.

The grade II listed[4] manual signal box here controls the immediate station area (including the siding connections into the museum), along with the single track section through Shildon tunnel to the west and terminus at Bishop Auckland. Bishop Auckland is junction with the now privately owned and operated Weardale Railway to Stanhope.