Saltburn railway station

Saltburn
Location	Saltburn-by-the-Sea, Redcar and Cleveland England
Coordinates	54°35′00″N 0°58′31″W / 54.5834185°N 0.9752233°W / 54.5834185; -0.9752233Coordinates: 54°35′00″N 0°58′31″W / 54.5834185°N 0.9752233°W / 54.5834185; -0.9752233
Grid reference	NZ664214
Owned by	Network Rail
Managed by	Northern Trains
Platforms	2
Tracks	2
Other information
Station code	SLB
Classification	DfT category F1
History
Original company	North Eastern Railway
Pre-grouping	North Eastern Railway
Post-grouping	London and North Eastern Railway British Rail (North Eastern Region)
Key dates
19 August 1861	Opened
Passengers
2016/17	0.244 million
2017/18	0.237 million
2018/19	0.241 million
2019/20	0.257 million
2020/21	61,660
Services
Preceding station Northern Following station Marske towards Darlington or Bishop Auckland Tees Valley Line Terminus
Location
Saltburn Location in North Yorkshire, England
Notes
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

Saltburn is a railway station on the Tees Valley Line, which runs between Bishop Auckland and Saltburn via Darlington. The station, situated 12 miles 57 chains (20.5 km) east of Middlesbrough, serves the seaside town of Saltburn-by-the-Sea, Redcar and Cleveland in North Yorkshire, England. It is owned by Network Rail and managed by Northern Trains.

History[]

The station was opened by the Stockton and Darlington Railway as the terminus of their line from Redcar on 17 August 1861 (although the ornate station building was not finished until the following year). Eleven years later, the North Eastern Railway opened a line towards Brotton (the Whitby Redcar and Middlesbrough Union Railway)^[1] from the town, but this diverged from the original route some 440 yards (400 m) west of the 1861 station in order to avoid excessively steep gradients further east. This meant the passenger trains from the town to Loftus and Whitby that started in 1875 had to reverse into and out of the terminus before regaining the correct direction at Saltburn West Junction. This line is still in operation today to serve the Skinningrove Steelworks and the Boulby potash mine, although passenger trains ceased in 1958.

In its heyday, the station had four platforms and a sizeable number of carriage sidings to handle the large quantities of excursion trains that ran there - these included services from as far away as Leeds and Blackpool.^[2] There was also a short siding extension (approximately 300 yards (270 m)) from the main station to another platform at the rear of the railway-owned Zetland Hotel (opened in 1863) where passengers in first class carriages could disembark directly into their accommodation.

A 1974 remodelling scheme^[3] saw the station reduced in size with the two main platforms and signal box being taken out of use along with most of the sidings and one of the two running lines from West Junction. Today both of the two surviving excursion bay platforms are used for scheduled services (though most trains use platform 1) but neither the main station building nor the Zetland Hotel is in rail-related use - the former having been converted into a photographic studio, cafe and various other retail outlets and the latter into luxury flats.

Facilities[]

It is unmanned, and has two acrylic glass passenger shelters, bench seating and an electronic information board. A self-service ticket machine has also been installed to allow intending passenger to buy tickets prior to travel or collect pre-paid tickets. Step-free access is available from the main entrance to both platforms.^[4]

Station facilities here were improved in Summer 2012. The package for this station included new waiting shelters, decorative planting schemes, renewed station signage, a digital information screen displaying live departures, and the installation of CCTV. The long-line Public Address system (PA) has been renewed and upgraded with pre-recorded train announcements.

Services[]

Northern Trains Route 3
v t
Tees Valley Line
Bishop Auckland Shildon Newton Aycliffe Heighington North Road Darlington Dinsdale Teesside Airport Allens West Eaglescliffe Thornaby Middlesbrough South Bank Redcar Central Redcar East Longbeck Marske Saltburn

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.^[5]

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

Future Services[]

From May 2022 Transpenine Express will extend their hourly Manchester Airport via York service to Saltburn. The service currently terminates at Redcar Central.^[6]

References[]

Sources[]

External links[]

• Media related to Saltburn railway station at Wikimedia Commons
• Train times and station information for Saltburn railway station from National Rail

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Terminus		Northern Trains Tees Valley Line		Marske