Hartlepool railway station
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Hartlepool railway station serves the town of Hartlepool
within the borough of Hartlepool and the ceremonial county of County Durham
, England. The railway station
is located on the Durham Coast Line
28 kilometres (17.4 mi) north of Middlesbrough
. The station is operated and served by Northern Rail
. It is also served by Grand Central with its open access permission to run four services a day (three on Sundays) in each direction between Sunderland and London.
with the Clarence Railway near , was opened for goods on 12 November 1839 and to passengers on 1 December the same year. A station named Hartlepool West was opened on 9 February 1841; this was renamed West Hartlepool in February 1848, and closed on 3 May 1880 when it was replaced by a new West Hartlepool station. This in turn was renamed Hartlepool on 26 April 1967, when West Hartlepool
was merged with Hartlepool
.
The station has two platforms currently in use; The old northbound platform and a south-facing bay platform. Platform 2, originally used for southbound trains, has been disused for over 20 years. The footbridge linking the platforms was removed in the late 1990s.
the station is undergoing extensive refurbishment to include a brand new transport interchange for Hartlepool, and also improvements to the current station facilities. It was also re-signalled in the spring of 2010 as part of the Durham Coast modernisation scheme, with the consequent loss of three manual signal boxes in & around the station.
via Seaton Carew
, Billingham
, Stockton
and Thornaby
with some journeys continuing to Nunthorpe
. Northbound, the service runs to Newcastle via Seaham
, Sunderland and Heworth, with some services continuing to MetroCentre, Hexham
and Carlisle
.
On Sundays, the service is reduced to a two-hourly service between Middlesbrough and MetroCentre, with an additional two journeys running from MetroCentre to Hartlepool via Newcastle and Sunderland before continuing onto Darlington
via Stockton, Eaglescliffe
, Allens West
and Dinsdale
, with the morning journey calling at Teesside Airport
.
, Thirsk
and York
.
and Go North East
as a terminus. However, not all services in the town serve the Interchange, with the majority of , Stagecoach in Hartlepool services and Go North East's X35 service preferring to serve the stops in the town and at the nearby Marina. Go North East only serve the Interchange with the 23B/24A evening service, replicating Arriva's 23 daytime service and Arriva's 24A service.
Buses from Hartlepool Interchange go to Durham
, Peterlee
, Sedgefield
and Sunderland
with National Express
coach services running to Leeds
, London
and York
.
The bus services that use Hartlepool Interchange and its Stand Letter are:
(Places in bold are where services terminate)
Notes:
Hartlepool
Hartlepool is a town and port in North East England.It was founded in the 7th century AD, around the Northumbrian monastery of Hartlepool Abbey. The village grew during the Middle Ages and developed a harbour which served as the official port of the County Palatine of Durham. A railway link from...
within the borough of Hartlepool and the ceremonial county of County Durham
County Durham
County Durham is a ceremonial county and unitary district in north east England. The county town is Durham. The largest settlement in the ceremonial county is the town of Darlington...
, England. The railway station
Train station
A train station, also called a railroad station or railway station and often shortened to just station,"Station" is commonly understood to mean "train station" unless otherwise qualified. This is evident from dictionary entries e.g...
is located on the Durham Coast Line
Durham Coast Line
The Durham Coast Line is the name given to the railway line which links Newcastle upon Tyne with Middlesbrough, via Sunderland and Hartlepool...
28 kilometres (17.4 mi) north of Middlesbrough
Middlesbrough railway station
Middlesbrough railway station serves the large town of Middlesbrough in the borough of Middlesbrough and the ceremonial county of North Yorkshire, England. The station is managed by First TransPennine Express and has two platforms...
. The station is operated and served by Northern Rail
Northern Rail
Northern Rail is a British train operating company that has operated local passenger services in Northern England since 2004. Northern Rail's owner, Serco-Abellio, is a consortium formed of Abellio and Serco, an international operator of public transport systems...
. It is also served by Grand Central with its open access permission to run four services a day (three on Sundays) in each direction between Sunderland and London.
History
The Stockton and Hartlepool Railway, which connected the town of West HartlepoolWest Hartlepool
This article refers to the place; for the Rugby Football Club see West Hartlepool R.F.C.West Hartlepool refers to the western part of the what has since the 1960s been known as the borough of Hartlepool in North East England...
with the Clarence Railway near , was opened for goods on 12 November 1839 and to passengers on 1 December the same year. A station named Hartlepool West was opened on 9 February 1841; this was renamed West Hartlepool in February 1848, and closed on 3 May 1880 when it was replaced by a new West Hartlepool station. This in turn was renamed Hartlepool on 26 April 1967, when West Hartlepool
West Hartlepool
This article refers to the place; for the Rugby Football Club see West Hartlepool R.F.C.West Hartlepool refers to the western part of the what has since the 1960s been known as the borough of Hartlepool in North East England...
was merged with Hartlepool
Hartlepool
Hartlepool is a town and port in North East England.It was founded in the 7th century AD, around the Northumbrian monastery of Hartlepool Abbey. The village grew during the Middle Ages and developed a harbour which served as the official port of the County Palatine of Durham. A railway link from...
.
The station has two platforms currently in use; The old northbound platform and a south-facing bay platform. Platform 2, originally used for southbound trains, has been disused for over 20 years. The footbridge linking the platforms was removed in the late 1990s.
the station is undergoing extensive refurbishment to include a brand new transport interchange for Hartlepool, and also improvements to the current station facilities. It was also re-signalled in the spring of 2010 as part of the Durham Coast modernisation scheme, with the consequent loss of three manual signal boxes in & around the station.
Northern Rail
On Mondays to Saturdays, Hartlepool railway station is served by an hourly service in each direction. Southbound, the service runs to MiddlesbroughMiddlesbrough railway station
Middlesbrough railway station serves the large town of Middlesbrough in the borough of Middlesbrough and the ceremonial county of North Yorkshire, England. The station is managed by First TransPennine Express and has two platforms...
via Seaton Carew
Seaton Carew railway station
Seaton Carew railway station serves the village of Seaton Carew, within the borough of Hartlepool and is close to the Ceremonial County of County Durham, England...
, Billingham
Billingham railway station
Billingham railway station serves the town of Billingham, within the borough of Stockton-on-Tees and the ceremonial county of County Durham, England...
, Stockton
Stockton railway station
Stockton railway station serves the town of Stockton-on-Tees, within the borough of Stockton-on-Tees and the ceremonial county of County Durham, England. The railway station is located on the Durham Coast Line and is operated by Northern Rail who provide all of the stations passenger services...
and Thornaby
Thornaby railway station
Thornaby railway station serves the town of Thornaby-on-Tees and due to having better connections than Stockton railway station also much of Stockton-on-Tees. It is located in the borough of Stockton-on-Tees and in the ceremonial county of North Yorkshire...
with some journeys continuing to Nunthorpe
Nunthorpe railway station
Nunthorpe railway station serves the town of Nunthorpe within the borough of Middlesbrough in the ceremonial county of North Yorkshire, England. It is located on the Esk Valley Line and is operated by Northern Rail who provide all of the station's passenger services. One of the two passing loops...
. Northbound, the service runs to Newcastle via Seaham
Seaham railway station
Seaham Railway Station serves the town of Seaham in County Durham, England. The railway station is located on the Durham Coast Line and is operated by Northern Rail, which provides all of the station's passenger services....
, Sunderland and Heworth, with some services continuing to MetroCentre, Hexham
Hexham railway station
Hexham railway station serves the town of Hexham in Northumberland, England. It is located on the Tyne Valley Line which runs from Newcastle upon Tyne to Carlisle, and is managed by Northern Rail who provide most passenger train services.-History:...
and Carlisle
Carlisle railway station
Carlisle railway station, also known as Carlisle Citadel station, is a railway station whichserves the Cumbrian City of Carlisle, England, and is a major station on the West Coast Main Line, lying south of Glasgow Central, and north of London Euston...
.
On Sundays, the service is reduced to a two-hourly service between Middlesbrough and MetroCentre, with an additional two journeys running from MetroCentre to Hartlepool via Newcastle and Sunderland before continuing onto Darlington
Darlington railway station
Darlington railway station, also known as Darlington Bank Top, is the main railway station for the town of Darlington, in the ceremonial county of County Durham, England. The station is located on the East Coast Main Line north of London Kings Cross....
via Stockton, Eaglescliffe
Eaglescliffe railway station
Eaglescliffe railway station serves the town of Eaglescliffe in the borough of Stockton-on-Tees. It is located on the Tees Valley Line at the junction with the Northallerton-Eaglescliffe Line and is operated by Northern Rail...
, Allens West
Allens West railway station
Allens West railway station is in the town of Eaglescliffe within the borough of Stockton-on-Tees, England. It is located on the Tees Valley Line west of Middlesbrough and east of Darlington...
and Dinsdale
Dinsdale railway station
Dinsdale railway station serves the village of Middleton St George in the borough of Darlington and the ceremonial county of County Durham. It is located on the Tees Valley Line and is operated by Northern Rail who provide all passenger train services...
, with the morning journey calling at Teesside Airport
Teesside Airport railway station
Teesside Airport railway station serves Durham Tees Valley Airport in the borough of Darlington and the ceremonial county of County Durham, England.-History:...
.
Grand Central
Grand Central run four journeys Mondays to Saturdays and three on Sundays. The service runs direct from Sunderland to Hartlepool (not calling at Seaham) before continuing to London Kings Cross calling at Eaglescliffe, NorthallertonNorthallerton railway station
Northallerton railway station serves the town of Northallerton in North Yorkshire, England. The station lies on the East Coast Main Line north of York...
, Thirsk
Thirsk railway station
Thirsk railway station serves the town of Thirsk in North Yorkshire, England. The station is north of York on the East Coast Main Line. The station is about outside the town centre and is actually on the edge of the village of Carlton Miniott....
and York
York railway station
York railway station is a main-line railway station in the city of York, England. It lies on the East Coast Main Line north of London's King's Cross station towards Edinburgh's Waverley Station...
.
The Interchange
Since November 2009, extensive work was being carried out on Hartlepool Station. This included the new Interchange, for buses, taxis and trains to be together. The station roof was totally renewed, and new information screens were put in place. The work was finished for the Tall Ships' Races in August 2010 at a cost of £4m and was originally used for park and ride services terminating in the town for the event. Hartlepool Interchange was opened to bus and coach services from 11 August 2010 and built on the site of the old bus station that was demolished in the 1990s for the A179 bridge over the railway line.Services
The Interchange is used by Arriva North EastArriva North East
Arriva North East is a division of the transport group Arriva. It is a major provider of bus services around north east England, alongside Stagecoach North East, and Go North East...
and Go North East
Go North East
Go North East is the largest operator of bus services in North East England, United Kingdom. Go North East operates services in the counties of Tyne and Wear, County Durham and Northumberland...
as a terminus. However, not all services in the town serve the Interchange, with the majority of , Stagecoach in Hartlepool services and Go North East's X35 service preferring to serve the stops in the town and at the nearby Marina. Go North East only serve the Interchange with the 23B/24A evening service, replicating Arriva's 23 daytime service and Arriva's 24A service.
Buses from Hartlepool Interchange go to Durham
Durham
Durham is a city in north east England. It is within the County Durham local government district, and is the county town of the larger ceremonial county...
, Peterlee
Peterlee
Peterlee is a new town in County Durham, England. Founded in 1948, Peterlee town originally mostly housed coal miners and their families.Peterlee has strong economic and community ties with Sunderland and Hartlepool.-Peterlee:...
, Sedgefield
Sedgefield
Sedgefield is a small town and civil parish in County Durham, England. It has a population of 4,534.Sedgefield has attracted particular attention as the Member of Parliament for the wider Sedgefield constituency was the former Prime Minister Tony Blair; he was the area's MP from 1983 to 2008,...
and Sunderland
City of Sunderland
The City of Sunderland is a local government district of Tyne and Wear, in North East England, with the status of a city and metropolitan borough...
with National Express
National Express
National Express Coaches, more commonly known as National Express, is a brand and company, owned by the National Express Group, under which the majority of long distance bus and coach services in Great Britain are operated,...
coach services running to Leeds
Leeds
Leeds is a city and metropolitan borough in West Yorkshire, England. In 2001 Leeds' main urban subdivision had a population of 443,247, while the entire city has a population of 798,800 , making it the 30th-most populous city in the European Union.Leeds is the cultural, financial and commercial...
, London
London
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and York
York
York is a walled city, situated at the confluence of the Rivers Ouse and Foss in North Yorkshire, England. The city has a rich heritage and has provided the backdrop to major political events throughout much of its two millennia of existence...
.
The bus services that use Hartlepool Interchange and its Stand Letter are:
(Places in bold are where services terminate)
| No. | Operator | Destination | Stand |
|---|---|---|---|
| 22 | Arriva North East | Durham via Hartlepool town centre, University Hospital of Hartlepool, Throston Grange (Wiltshire Way),Hart Village, Wingate and Sherburn | 2 |
| 23 | Arriva North East | Sunderland via Hartlepool town centre, Horden, Peterlee, Easington and Ryhope | 3 |
| 23B | Go North East | Sunderland via Hartlepool town centre, University of Hartlepool Hospital, Horden, Easington and Ryhope | 31 |
| 24A 24B |
Arriva North East | Durham via Hartlepool town centre, University of Hartlepool Hospital, Horden, Peterlee, Haswell and Sherburn | 3 |
| Go North East | Peterlee via Hartlepool town centre, University of Hartlepool Hospital and Horden | 31 | |
| 33 | Arriva North East | Ferryhill via Hartlepool town centre,University Hospital of Hartlepool,Hart Village, Trimdons, Sedgefield and Windlestone (continues as service 8A to Darlington) | 2 |
| Coaches | National Express | National Express services to Newcastle or South Shields via Sunderland and towards Leeds and London | 3 |
| Some services stop at bus stands outside the Interchange on Church Square (stand 5) or Marina Gateway (stand 6) | |||
| 3 | Stagecoach in Hartlepool | Bishop Cuthbert via Marina and Throston Grange | 6 |
| 4 | Stagecoach in Hartlepool | Clavering via Marina and Hart Station | 6 |
| 7 | Stagecoach in Hartlepool | The Headland via Marina | 6 |
| 19 | Tees Valley Coach Travel | Cleveland College of Art & Design via Hartlepool town centre and Billingham | 52 |
| 36 | Stagecoach on Teesside | Hartlepool Marina | 6 |
| X35 | Go North East | Hartlepool Marina | 6 |
Notes:
| 1 | One Monday-Saturday evening journey only |
|---|---|
| 2 | One weekday morning journey |