Billingham railway station

Not to be confused with Bellingham railway station.

Billingham
Location
Place	Billingham
Local authority	Stockton-on-Tees
Operations
Station code	BIL
Managed by	Northern Rail
Number of platforms	2
Live arrivals/departures and station information from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage
2004/05 *	43,972
2005/06 *	55,751
2006/07 *	62,181
2007/08 *	69,375
2008/09 *	72,218
2009/10 *	67,854
History
Opened 1966 (1966)
National Rail - UK railway stations
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
* Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Billingham from Office of Rail Regulation statistics. Please note: methodology may vary year on year.

Billingham railway station serves the town of Billingham, 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 station's passenger services.

Billingham's earlier station in 1965

The station is a modern-style halt on the line (opened on Friday November 4, 1966), the town's original larger grander station to the west towards Norton having been demolished in the 1970s. It was next to the old route of the A19. Only the signal box and footbridge survive on the site of the original station. The new Billingham station was provided with a booking hall, waiting room, parcels office and lavatories. These facilities were lost when the station was de-staffed towards the end of the 1960s. The station building of 1966 still stands, and is used of the office of Binks Taxis.

The Tees Valley Rail Strategy calls for the re-opening of the original station as 'Old Billingham' as a new additional station on the Durham Coast Line. However, the plans have yet to come to fruition.

Services

The station has an hourly service in each direction on weekdays, northwards to Hartlepool, Sunderland and Newcastle and southwards to Middlesbrough. Sundays see a two-hourly service each way.

External links

• Train times and station information for Billingham railway station from National Rail

Preceding station		National Rail		Following station
Stockton		Northern Rail Durham Coast Line		Seaton Carew