Redcar East railway station
Redcar East railway station serves the town of Redcar in the borough of Redcar and Cleveland and the ceremonial county of North Yorkshire, England. It is located on the Tees Valley Line and operated by Northern Trains who provide all passenger train services. It is unmanned, so passengers wishing to travel must buy tickets before boarding or on the train.
Redcar East  | |
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 Looking west along the westbound platform. | |
| Location | Redcar, Redcar and Cleveland England |
| Coordinates | 54.609°N 1.052°W |
| Grid reference | NZ613241 |
| Managed by | Northern Trains |
| Platforms | 2 |
| Other information | |
| Station code | RCE |
| Classification | DfT category F1 |
| History | |
| Opened | 18 May 1929[1] |
| Passengers | |
| 2015/16 |  0.116 million |
| 2016/17 | 0.115 million |
| 2017/18 | 0.104 million |
| 2018/19 |  0.106 million |
| 2019/20 | 0.108 million |
| Notes | |
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road | |
In 2014, the station facilities were improved.[2] 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.[3]
Services
There is a half-hourly service (Mondays to Saturdays) each way from the station. Westbound services continue to Middlesbrough and Darlington (with one train per hour continuing to Bishop Auckland). Eastbound services continue to Saltburn. Outside of this usual pattern there are also two early morning through services to Carlisle via Durham and Newcastle along with one morning arrival from Hexham which comes via Newcastle and Sunderland. On Sundays the service starts later and there is an hourly service to Saltburn, Middlesbrough, Darlington and Bishop Auckland (but note that the service to Bishop Auckland finishes early in the evening).[4]
Freight trains operating to and from Boulby Mine and British Steel Skinningrove also pass through the station. The Boulby traffic carries Potash and Rock Salt to Teesside[5] and the Skinningrove is mostly inwards traffic to the British Steel plant of block steel for profiling.[6] Occasional outward workings have been noted.
References
- Haigh, A; Joy, David (1979). Yorkshire Railways. Dalesman Books. p. 83. ISBN 0-85206-553-1.
- "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.
- "Electronic National Rail Timetable, Table 44". Network Rail. Retrieved 31 May 2018.
- Shannon, Paul (November 2009). "A Decade of Growth". Rail Express (162): 15–24.
- Shannon, Paul (September 2014). "Steel Today". The Railway Magazine. No. 1362. p. 24.
| Preceding station | National Rail |
Following station | ||
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| Northern Trains Tees Valley Line | ||||
External links
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- Train times and station information for Redcar East railway station from National Rail