Seamer railway station

Seamer National Rail

The station, viewed from the platforms
Location
Place Seamer
Local authority Scarborough
Coordinates 54°14′26″N 0°25′01″W / 54.24058°N 0.41707°WCoordinates: 54°14′26″N 0°25′01″W / 54.24058°N 0.41707°W
Grid reference TA032839
Operations
Station code SEM
Managed by First TransPennine Express
Number of platforms 2
Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections
from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage*
2002/03   37,031
2004/05 Increase 50,318
2005/06 Increase 61,102
2006/07 Increase 69,820
2007/08 Increase 81,114
2008/09 Increase 87,852
2009/10 Decrease 86,492
2010/11 Increase 90,484
2011/12 Increase 91,500
History
Key dates Opened 1845
National Rail – UK railway stations
* Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Seamer from Office of Rail Regulation statistics. Methodology may vary year on year.
UK Railways portal
North TransPennine
Legend
2:50 Newcastle Central Tyne and Wear Metro
2:36 Chester-le-Street
2:30 Durham
2:13 Darlington
2:38 Middlesbrough
2:28 Thornaby
2:14 Yarm
1:58 Northallerton
1:49 Thirsk
2:18 Scarborough
2:07 Seamer
1:50 Malton
1:23 York
1:54 Hull
1:36 Brough
1:30 Gilberdyke
1:24 Howden
1:18 Selby
1:09 South Milford
1:08 Garforth
1:04 Cross Gates
0:57 Leeds
0:40 Dewsbury
0:30 Huddersfield
0:13 Stalybridge
M60 motorway
0:00 Manchester Piccadilly Manchester Metrolink
0:00 Manchester Victoria Manchester Metrolink
0:14 Manchester Airport Airport interchange Manchester Metrolink
0:02 Oxford Road
0:08 Irlam
0:16 Birchwood
0:21 Warrington Central
0:27 Widnes
0:38 South Parkway Merseyrail Airport interchange
0:50 Liverpool Lime Street Merseyrail
Times shown are best times
from Manchester Piccadilly
or Manchester Victoria.

Seamer railway station serves the village of Seamer in North Yorkshire, England. It lies near the end of the Scarborough branch on the First TransPennine Express North TransPennine route, 39 miles (63 km) east of York at its junction with the northern end of the Yorkshire Coast Line. Seamer station is managed by First TransPennine Express, with services being run by both Northern Rail and First TransPennine Express.

The station is actually sited between the communities of Eastfield and Crossgates, about one mile from Seamer. It took the name of Seamer since there was already a Cross Gates railway station in West Yorkshire.

History

Seamer station was opened on 7 July 1845[1] by the York and North Midland Railway and became a junction station when a branch line to Filey was opened the following year (5 October 1846). Its island platform configuration was chosen to make it easier for passengers to change between the two routes here rather than continuing into Scarborough to do so. A second branch line from the station (the Forge Valley Line to Pickering) was opened by the NER on 1 May 1882, but this closed to passengers on 5 June 1950 and was lifted soon after.

Facilities

The station currently only has basic facilities, such as a large shelter on the island platforms, as well as CIS systems towards the middle of the platforms.

Services

First TransPennine Express

From Seamer Monday to Saturdays there are up to two trains per hour eastbound to Scarborough and westbound generally an hourly First TransPennine Express service to York, Leeds, Manchester Piccadilly and Liverpool Lime Street

On Sundays there is a two-hourly service to York and beyond and a two-hourly service to Hull (and beyond) which now runs all year since the December 2009 timetable change (prior to this it ran only in summer).

Timetables for First TransPennine Express services can be seen here.

Northern Rail

Northern operates a two-hourly (with peak extras) Northern Rail service to Bridlington and Hull on the Yorkshire Coast Line. Many of the latter continue to Doncaster and Sheffield.

Until Northern Rail took over in 2004, Arriva Trains Northern did have services that stopped at Seamer, the current York to Blackpool service used to continue to Scarborough alongside TransPennine Express services. This service was usually worked by a Metro liveried Class 158 DMU, occasionally a Class 155 DMU. There was also a local service from York to Scarborough usually worked by a Pacer DMU or a Class 156.

Timetables for Northern Rail services can be seen here.

Route

Preceding station   National Rail   Following station
First TransPennine Express
North TransPennine
Northern Rail
Yorkshire Coast Line
Historical railways
Terminus   Forge Valley Line   Forge Valley
Ganton
Station closed; Line open		   Y&NMR
York to Scarborough Line		   Scarborough Londesborough Road
Station closed; Line open
Cayton
Station closed; Line open		   Y&NMR
Hull to Scarborough Line		   Scarborough Londesborough Road
Station closed; Line open

References

  1. ↑ Body, p. 149

External links

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