Seaton Carew railway station

Seaton Carew
Location	Seaton Carew, Hartlepool England
Coordinates	54°39′29″N 1°12′02″W / 54.6580139°N 1.2005633°W
Grid reference	NZ516295
Owned by	Network Rail
Managed by	Northern Trains
Platforms	2
Tracks	2
Other information
Station code	SEC
Classification	DfT category F2
History
Original company	Stockton and Hartlepool Railway
Pre-grouping	North Eastern Railway
Post-grouping	London and North Eastern Railway British Rail (Eastern Region)
Key dates
10 February 1841	Opened as Seaton
1872	Renamed Seaton Carew
Passengers
2015/16	55,974
2016/17	57,160
2017/18	61,858
2018/19	65,478
2019/20	66,456
Location
Notes
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

Seaton Carew railway station serves the village of Seaton Carew, within the borough of Hartlepool and in the ceremonial county of County Durham, England. The railway station is located on the Durham Coast Line 15 miles (24 km) north of Middlesbrough and is operated by Northern Trains, who provide all of the station's passenger services. It was opened in 1841 by the Stockton and Hartlepool Railway.^[1]

Facilities

The earlier NER station buildings, seen around the turn of the twentieth century.

The station is unmanned and has no permanent buildings (the old NER buildings on the southbound side were demolished back in the 1970s). As with other stations on this line, new fully lit waiting shelters, digital information screens and CCTV cameras have been installed (the former replacing the old brick structures), whilst the long-line Public Address system (PA) has been renewed and upgraded with pre-recorded train announcements (running information can also be obtained by telephone and timetable poster boards). Tickets can only be bought on board the train (or prior to travel), as there is no ticket provision of any kind here. Two Harrington Humps have been installed at the station to raise platform heights at specific points on the platforms and so improve access to trains.^[2] Step-free access is also available to each platform via ramps from the nearby road.^[3]

In 2009 the station underwent maintenance work to re-develop the station and its looks. The station has already seen the cutting down of trees to allow more natural light.

Services

Route 2: Durham Coast Line
Newcastle Heworth Sunderland Seaham Horden Hartlepool Seaton Carew Billingham Stockton Thornaby Middlesbrough
Most services extend to/from Hexham or Nunthorpe.

There is an hourly service from the station in each direction (with a few peak hour extras), northbound to Sunderland and Newcastle and southbound to Middlesbrough. Many northbound trains continue to Hexham (and a few run through to Carlisle), whilst most southbound trains are extended through to Nunthorpe and a few to Whitby.^[4]

On Sundays there is an hourly service in each direction between Nunthorpe/Middlesbrough & Newcastle (most of which continue through to MetroCentre), and two additional direct services each way between Hartlepool & Darlington. These use the direct line between Hartburn Jcn & Stockton Cut Jcn, avoiding Middlesbrough.

References

External links

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

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Billingham		Northern Trains Durham Coast Line		Hartlepool
Greatham Line open; station closed		North Eastern Railway Durham Coast Line		West Hartlepool Line and station open