Cramlington railway station

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Cramlington
National Rail
Cramlington Railway Station (geograph 3060717).jpg
LocationCramlington, Northumberland
England
Coordinates55°05′16″N 1°35′55″W / 55.0877657°N 1.5986859°W / 55.0877657; -1.5986859Coordinates: 55°05′16″N 1°35′55″W / 55.0877657°N 1.5986859°W / 55.0877657; -1.5986859
Grid referenceNZ257771
Owned byNetwork Rail
Managed byNorthern Trains
Platforms2
Tracks2
Other information
Station codeCRM
ClassificationDfT category F2
History
Original companyNewcastle and Berwick Railway
Pre-groupingNorth Eastern Railway
Post-grouping
  • London and North Eastern Railway
  • British Rail (North Eastern Region)
Key dates
1 March 1847Opened
Passengers
2016/17Increase 94,544
2017/18Increase 98,928
2018/19Increase 107,800
2019/20Increase 136,534
2020/21Decrease 29,804
Location
Cramlington is located in Northumberland
Cramlington
Cramlington
Location in Northumberland, England
Notes
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

Cramlington is a railway station on the East Coast Main Line, which runs between London King's Cross and Edinburgh Waverley. The station, situated 9 miles 74 chains (16 km) north of Newcastle, serves the town of Cramlington in Northumberland, England. It is owned by Network Rail and managed by Northern Trains.

History[]

The station was opened by the Newcastle and Berwick Railway on 1 March 1847.[1]

Facilities[]

The station is unstaffed.[2] In February 2019, the local Council installed a ticket machine on the southbound platform. The machine allows contactless, and card for tickets, as well as being able to collect tickets. Travel tickets can still be purchased on board the train. There are waiting shelters on both platforms (but no other permanent buildings), along with timetable posters and next train real-time information boards to offer train running details. Step-free access is available to both platforms, though the footbridge linking them has steps.[2]

Northumberland County Council and the local rail users group SENRUG is campaigning to relocate the station to a new site 200 metres south of its present position, in order to better serve the town's Manor Walks shopping centre, Westmorland Retail Park and main employment areas.[3][4] The proposed site would also allow for the construction of a dedicated bus-rail interchange, a larger car park and serve several residential estates to the west built in the 1960s and 1970s.

Services[]

Northern Trains[]

Route 1
  • v
East Coast Main Line
 Chathill Parking
Alnmouth Parking Bicycle facilities
Acklington Parking Bicycle facilities
Widdrington Parking Bicycle facilities
Pegswood
Morpeth Parking Bicycle facilities
Cramlington Parking Bicycle facilities
Manors Tyne and Wear Metro
Newcastle Parking Bicycle facilities Handicapped/disabled access Tyne and Wear Metro
MetroCentre
Most services extend to/from
Carlisle.

As of the December 2021 timetable change, there is an hourly service between Newcastle and Morpeth. Most services extend to Carlisle via Hexham. At peak times, two trains per day (excluding Sunday) extend to Chathill. At present, all services are operated by Northern Trains.[5]

Rolling stock used: Class 156 Super Sprinter and Class 158 Express Sprinter

TransPennine Express[]

In September 2021, TransPennine Express announced that they were seeking approval to have some of the services on their new five return trains weekday semi-fast Newcastle to Edinburgh return trains call at Cramlington.[6] As the procedure required for the operator to be recognised as meeting the safety and operational requirements necessary for calling at Cramlington were ongoing at the time of the announcement, it is possible that the service will start calling at this station at some point after its planned commencement in December 2021.[6]

Accidents and incidents[]

  • On 26 May 1926, during the General Strike, an express passenger train was deliberately derailed south of the station.[7][8]

References[]

  1. ^ Quick, Michael E. (2009). Railway passenger stations in Great Britain: a chronology (4th ed.). Oxford: Railway and Canal Historical Society. p. 139. ISBN 978-0-901461-57-5. OCLC 612226077.
  2. ^ a b Cramlington station facilities Archived 20 January 2021 at the Wayback Machine National Rail Enquiries; Retrieved 6 February 2017
  3. ^ "New Cramlington railway station could boost local economy" Archived 20 January 2021 at the Wayback Machine Northumberland County Council press release 27 September 2016; Retrieved 6 February 2017
  4. ^ "Move Cramlington Station" Archived 20 January 2021 at the Wayback Machine South East Northumberland Rail Users Group; Retrieved 6 February 2017
  5. ^ "Train times: Alnmouth and Morpeth to Newcastle and Metrocentre" (PDF). Northern Trains. 12 December 2021. Retrieved 27 November 2021.
  6. ^ a b "TransPennine Express announces new rail services for Northumberland". International Railway Reviews. 3 September 2021. Retrieved 3 September 2021.
  7. ^ Hoole, Ken (1983). Trains in Trouble: Vol. 4. Redruth: Atlantic Books. p. 44. ISBN 0 906899 07 9.
  8. ^ Earnshaw, Alan (1990). Trains in Trouble: Vol. 6. Penryn: Atlantic Books. p. 15. ISBN 0-906899-37-0.

External links[]

Preceding station National Rail National Rail Following station
Manors   Northern Trains
East Coast Main Line 		  Morpeth
  Historical railways  
Annitsford
Line open; station closed 		  North Eastern Railway
York, Newcastle and Berwick Railway 		  Plessey
Line open; station closed
  Future Services  
Newcastle   TransPennine Express
North TransPennine 		  Morpeth
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