Saltburn railway station

Infobox UK station
name = Saltburn
code = SLB


manager = Northern Rail
locale = Saltburn-by-the-Sea
borough = Redcar and Cleveland
platforms = 2
usage0405 = 0.218
usage0506 = 0.225
usage0607 = 0.236

Saltburn Railway Station serves the town of Saltburn-by-the-Sea in the borough of Redcar and Cleveland and the ceremonial county of North Yorkshire, England. It is the terminus (end of the line) of the Tees Valley Line and is operated by Northern Rail who provide all passenger train services. It is unmanned, and has one acrylic glass passenger shelter which is regularly subject to vandalismFact|date=February 2007.

History

The station was opened by the Stockton and Darlington Railway as the terminus of their line from Redcar on 17 August 1861. Eleven years later, the North Eastern Railway opened a line towards Brotton (the Whitby Redcar and Middlesbrough Union Railway) [Body, p.146] from the town, but this diverged from the original route some 400m west of the 1861 station in order to avoid excessively steep gradients further east. This meant the passenger trains from the town to Loftus and Whitby that started in 1875 had to reverse into and out of the terminus before regaining the correct direction at Saltburn West Junction. This line is still in operation today to serve a steelworks at Skinningrove and the Boulby potash mine, although passenger trains ceased in 1951.

In its heyday, the station had four platforms and a large number of carriage sidings to handle the large number of excursion trains that ran there - these included services from as far away as Leeds and Blackpool [Binns, p.31] . There was also a short siding extension (approximately 300 yards) to another platform at the rear of the railway-owned Zetland Hotel where passengers in first class carriages could disembark directly into their accommodation. Today however, only one platform is used (a second does remain in situ if required), the sidings are long disused/lifted and the section up to the junction with the Boulby line is single track. The main station building meanwhile has been converted into a tourist information & shopping centre and the Zetland Hotel into flats.

ervices

There is a half-hourly service (Mondays to Saturdays) from the station to Middlesbrough and Darlington, with certain trains continuing to Bishop Auckland (every two hours, increasing to hourly at peak times). There is an hourly service on Sundays (two hourly to Bishop Auckland).

Notes

References

*Binns, D. (1981), "Railways Around Skipton", Wyvern Publications, Skipton.
*Body, G. (1988), "PSL Field Guides - Railways of the Eastern Region Volume 2", Patrick Stephens Ltd, Wellingborough, ISBN 1-85260-072-1

External links

* [http://217.23.229.206/jpclient.exe?b=Saltburn+(rail+station)&SubmitQuery Buses from the station]
* [http://217.23.229.206/jpclient.exe?e=Saltburn+(rail+station)&SubmitQuery Buses to the station]