Longbeck railway station

Longbeck National Rail

Northern Rail Pacer DMU 142023 at Longbeck heading west.
Location
Place Marske-by-the-Sea
Local authority Redcar and Cleveland
Coordinates 54°35′22″N 1°01′52″W / 54.589370°N 1.031180°WCoordinates: 54°35′22″N 1°01′52″W / 54.589370°N 1.031180°W
Grid reference NZ627220
Operations
Station code LGK
Managed by Northern Rail
Number of platforms 2
Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections
from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage*
2005/06   39,529
2006/07 Increase 41,568
2007/08 Increase 42,002
2008/09 Increase 44,614
2009/10 Decrease 43,696
2010/11 Increase 44,976
2011/12 Decrease 40,638
2012/13 Decrease 40,010
2013/14 Increase 41,224
History
Key dates Opened 13 May 1985
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* Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Longbeck from Office of Rail Regulation statistics. Methodology may vary year on year.
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Longbeck railway station serves the village of Marske-by-the-Sea and also New Marske 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 Rail who provide all passenger train services. The station was opened in May 1985. The small signal box here supervises the junction & station area at nearby Saltburn and the freight line to Boulby as well as the adjacent level crossing.[1]

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

Services

There are two trains per hour in each direction from the station during the day, to Saltburn eastbound and Middlesbrough & Darlington westbound with some of the latter continuing to Bishop Auckland. This drops to hourly in the evenings and on Sundays. Most services are formed using Class 142 Pacer DMUs.

Freight trains operating to and from Boulby also pass through the station.

Preceding station National Rail Following station
Northern Rail

Notes

  1. ↑ Hunt, J - Article in RAIL Magazine, Issue 610 (January 2009), pp.50-51

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