Thornaby railway station

Thornaby
Platform 1 looking west
Location
Place	Thornaby-on-Tees
Local authority	Stockton-on-Tees
Coordinates	54.559270°N 1.301000°W / 54.559270; -1.301000
Grid reference	NZ453184
Operations
Station code	TBY
Managed by	First TransPennine Express
Number of platforms	2
Live arrivals/departures and station information from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage
2004/05 *	0.333 million
2005/06 *	0.359 million
2006/07 *	0.406 million
2007/08 *	0.451 million
2008/09 *	0.479 million
2009/10 *	0.529 million
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* Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Thornaby from Office of Rail Regulation statistics. Please note: methodology may vary year on year.

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. It is currently operated by First TransPennine Express.

The two platform station suffered a gradual decline and reduction in facilities from the 1960s onwards resulting in an unmanned, "bus shelter" standard by the turn of century. However thanks to its significant level of patronage, much of which is due to being located next to the Teesdale development area and Durham University's Queen's Campus, Stockton, and its importance as an interchange station it was substantially modernised in a £500,000 project led by Arriva Trains Northern, the SRA and Stockton-on-Tees borough council. The newly rebuilt station was officially opened by local MP Dari Taylor on 7 February 2003 and now provides an enlarged car park, heated waiting room, manned ticket office, a shop, VDU displays and better lighting and security. As a result of this improvement work, and the return of staffing, Thornaby won a National Station of the Year Award in the 2003 HSBC Rail Awards.

The station in 1961

Down freight and a Diesel light-engine in 1961

The station housed a grand Victorian structure, which was demolished in 1982, despite it not being beyond repair. Following the demolition, the only buildings on the station was a bus shelter. The arrival of regular Manchester Airport services saw patronage of the station increase, and eventually resulted in its restaffing. Today the car park and entrance occupy the site of the old Victorian buildings.

Services

All trains on the Tees Valley Line and Durham Coast Line call at the station, giving it hourly services northbound to Sunderland & Newcastle and half-hourly trains westbound to Darlington and eastbound to Saltburn each weekday. Certain Darlington-bound trains continue on to Bishop Auckland (two-hourly off peak, increasing to hourly at peak times). First TransPennine Express services to York, Leeds and Manchester Airport also stop here every hour. All eastbound trains call (or terminate) at Middlesbrough.

On Sundays there is an hourly service on the Tees Valley line (two-hourly to Bishop Auckland) and a two-hourly service to both Newcastle and Manchester Airport.

External links

Media related to Thornaby railway station at Wikimedia Commons

Preceding station		National Rail		Following station
Yarm		First TransPennine Express North TransPennine		Middlesbrough
Middlesbrough		Northern Rail Durham Coast Line		Stockton
		Northern Rail Tees Valley Line		Eaglescliffe