Gypsy Lane railway station

Gypsy Lane railway station serves the Middlesbrough suburbs of Nunthorpe and Marton; the station lies just within the borough of Redcar and Cleveland in the ceremonial county of North Yorkshire, England. It is located on the Esk Valley Line and is operated by Northern Trains who provide all of the station's passenger services. The station was originally opened by British Rail in 1976.

Gypsy Lane
Gypsy Lane railway station July 2015
Location
Place	Nunthorpe
Local authority	Redcar and Cleveland
Coordinates	54.533330°N 1.180360°W / 54.533330; -1.180360
Grid reference	NZ531156
Operations
Station code	GYP
Managed by	Northern Trains
Number of platforms	1
DfT category	F2
Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage*
2014/15	26,398
2015/16	30,338
2016/17	32,996
2017/18	33,298
2018/19	31,204
National Rail – UK railway stations
* Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Gypsy Lane from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year.

Station facilities here have recently been improved as part of the successful Tees Valley Metro project. The package for this station included new fully lit waiting shelters, renewed station signage and the installation of CCTV. The long-line Public Address system (PA) has been renewed and upgraded with pre-recorded train announcements. A passenger information screen with details of train times was installed at the station in February 2016. A ticket machine was installed at the station in August 2019.

Services

Northern Trains Route 2: Durham Coast Line
Tyne Valley Line to Carlisle East Coast Main Line to London King's Cross Newcastle East Coast Main Line to Edinburgh Heworth Sunderland Seaham Horden Hartlepool Seaton Carew Billingham Stockton Tees Valley Line to Bishop Auckland Thornaby Middlesbrough Tees Valley Line to Saltburn Esk Valley Line to Whitby

Northern Trains Route 5: Esk Valley Line
Durham Coast Line to Newcastle & Tees Valley Line to Bishop Auckland Middlesbrough Tees Valley Line to Saltburn James Cook Marton Gypsy Lane Nunthorpe Great Ayton Battersby Kildale Commondale Castleton Moor Danby Lealholm Glaisdale Egton North York Moors Railway to Pickering Grosmont for North York Moors Railway Sleights Ruswarp Whitby

As of the December 2019 timetable change, Northern Trains run an hourly service on the Esk Valley Line between Middlesbrough and Nunthorpe, with 6 trains (4 trains on Sundays) per day continuing to Whitby.

Most trains heading towards Middlesbrough continue to Newcastle and Hexham (with some trains running as far as Carlisle).

Additional trains on weekdays and Saturdays run along the Esk Valley Line to Castleton Moor (departing from Gypsy Lane at 13:06), and Battersby (departing from Gypsy Lane at 17:10).[1]

Following the May 2014 timetable change, the service between Middlesbrough and Nunthorpe was significantly improved, with this allowing for a regular service to the new station at James Cook University Hospital.

Predominantly, rolling stock on the Esk Valley Line consists of Class 156 and Class 158 diesel multiple units, both of which were introduced in to service in the late 1980s.

The Class 156 and 158 units operating on the Esk Valley Line are currently in the process of being refurbished, with upgrades including free WiFi, power sockets, on-board passenger information displays, and an interior refresh.[2][3]

Class 142 'Pacer' trains served the line, until the turn of the new decade, when they were withdrawn from passenger service. Class 144 'Pacer' trains were also used frequently on the Esk Valley Line, until around 2005.[4]

The station at Gypsy Lane, seen in 2009, prior to refurbishment.

References

1. "Timetables | Northern". www.northernrailway.co.uk. Retrieved 3 March 2020.
2. "Northern launches North East's first fully refurbished train". Northern News. Retrieved 3 March 2020.
3. "Northern's refurbished trains – creating jobs and boosting the economy". Northern News. Retrieved 3 March 2020.
4. "Esk Valley Railway : Northern Rail Timetable". Esk Valley Railway Development Company. Retrieved 31 March 2014.

External links

• Train times and station information for Gypsy Lane railway station from National Rail

Preceding station		National Rail		Following station
Marton		Northern Trains Esk Valley line		Nunthorpe