Redcar British Steel railway station
Redcar British Steel  | |
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| Location | |
| Place | Redcar |
| Local authority | Redcar and Cleveland |
| Coordinates | 54°36′35″N 1°06′47″W / 54.6096°N 1.1130°WCoordinates: 54°36′35″N 1°06′47″W / 54.6096°N 1.1130°W |
| Grid reference | NZ573241 |
| Operations | |
| Station code | RBS |
| Managed by | Northern |
| Number of platforms | 2 |
| DfT category | F2 |
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Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections from National Rail Enquiries | |
| Annual rail passenger usage* | |
| 2011/12 |
 822 |
| 2012/13 |
 890 |
| 2013/14 |
1,418 |
| 2014/15 |
1,570 |
| 2015/16 |
740 |
| History | |
| Key dates | Opened 19 June 1978 |
| Original company | Eastern Region of British Railways |
| National Rail – UK railway stations | |
| * Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Redcar British Steel from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year. | |
 UK Railways portal | |
Redcar British Steel (also known as British Steel Redcar) is a railway station in the borough of Redcar and Cleveland and the ceremonial county of North Yorkshire, England. The station was opened to serve the huge Teesside Steelworks site. It is located on the Tees Valley Line and operated by Northern who provide all of the passenger services.
The station opened on 19 June 1978[1] and is situated on a re-sited portion of route that was commissioned on that date by British Rail to allow the previous alignment to be used for an expansion of the steelworks site. This included a station at Warrenby Halt that the current structure replaced.[2]
According to the SRA, only 486 entries and exits were recorded for the station during the 2004–05 period, mainly due to there being no public access to and from the station (it being located on Tata Steel Europe property) and also due to the limited service. However, the numbers had increased to 1,570 entries and exits by the 2014–15 period.
The majority of the steelworks, including the Redcar blast furnace, Redcar and South Bank coke ovens and the BOS plant at Lackenby closed in 2015 resulting in a drop in passenger usage of the station from the previous year.
Services
On Monday to Fridays, only one train per day in each direction between Middlesbrough and Saltburn serves the station.[3]
On Saturdays the station is only served in one direction, by a train from Saltburn to Bishop Auckland. There is no Sunday service.
References
- ↑ Butt, R.V.J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations. Yeovil: Patrick Stephens Ltd. p. 44. ISBN 1-85260-508-1. R508.
- ↑ Remember When – The Village That Disappeared www.gazettelive.co.uk; Retrieved 2013-12-02
- ↑ Table 44 National Rail timetable, May 2016
External links
- Train times and station information for Redcar British Steel railway station from National Rail
- Rail Tour from Middlesbrough to Saltburn – North Eastern Railway Association
| Preceding station | National Rail |
Following station | ||
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| Northern Tees Valley Line Mondays-Fridays only |