| Teesside Airport | |
|---|---|
| Location | |
| Place | Durham Tees Valley Airport |
| Local authority | Darlington |
| Grid reference | NZ373138 |
| Operations | |
| Station code | TEA |
| Managed by | Northern Rail |
| Number of platforms | 2 |
| Live arrivals/departures and station information from National Rail Enquiries |
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| Annual rail passenger usage | |
| 2004/05 * | 74 |
| 2005/06 * | 72 |
| 2006/07 * | 85 |
| 2007/08 * | 52 |
| 2008/09 * | 44 |
| 2009/10 * | 68 |
| History | |
| Original company | Eastern Region of British Railways |
| 3 October 1971 | Station opened |
| National Rail - UK railway stations | |
| A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z | |
| * Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Teesside Airport from Office of Rail Regulation statistics. Please note: methodology may vary year on year. | |
Teesside Airport railway station serves Durham Tees Valley Airport in the borough of Darlington and the ceremonial county of County Durham, England.
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The station is located on the original route of the Stockton and Darlington Railway, 5 miles 43 chains (8.9 km) from Darlington South Junction;[1] it was opened by British Rail on 3 October 1971.[2] There are two platforms, each long enough for a four-coach train.[1] The airport changed its name to Durham Tees Valley Airport in 2004; however, the station name remained unchanged. In 2007 Northern Rail erected new signs reading Teesside Airport, replacing older signs which had used a hyphen however National Rail still lists the station as Tees-side Airport.[3] This has led to it not being clear whether the official station name contains the hyphen or not.
Located on the Tees Valley Line and operated by Northern Rail, the station the fifth least served in the UK in terms of the number of services calling: it currently has only two trains per week, which call on a Sunday. The station is currently the second least used in terms of passenger numbers, just ahead of Coombe Junction Halt in Cornwall[4]. The airport is a 15-minute walk from the station.[5]
On Saturday 24 October 2009, a group of 26 people travelled to and from the airport station on the only scheduled service, to highlight the station's existence and its poor rail service, and to persuade rail authorities to move it 500 metres closer to the airport terminal.[5][6][7]
The station was featured on 27 October 2010 in the BBC Radio 4 programme "The Ghost Trains of Old England"[8] which mentioned the campaign and the fact that the station has a working payphone. It was also suggested that a large proportion of the tickets sold for this station are bought by collectors who wish to own tickets with rare destinations, and do not necessarily travel.
Public transport access to the airport is now much better served by the Sky Express bus services from Middlesbrough and Darlington.
The Tees Valley Line, which serves this station, is one of the lines that would be upgraded as part of the proposed Tees Valley Metro project, and if it goes ahead will result in the station being re-sited closer to the airport's access road. This should also lead to the re-introduction of regular services, with a projected 4 trains per hour between Darlington and Saltburn.[9]
Media related to [//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Tees-side_Airport_railway_station Tees-side Airport railway station] at Wikimedia Commons
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