Seaton Carew railway station

Seaton Carew railway station serves the village of Seaton Carew, within the borough of Hartlepool and in the ceremonial county of County Durham, England. The railway station is located on the Durham Coast Line 15 miles (24 km) north of Middlesbrough and is operated by Northern Trains, who provide all of the station's passenger services. It was opened in 1841 by the Stockton and Hartlepool Railway.[1]

Seaton Carew
Location
Place	Seaton Carew
Local authority	Hartlepool
Grid reference	NZ516295
Operations
Station code	SEC
Managed by	Northern Trains
Number of platforms	2
DfT category	F2
Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage*
2014/15	57,388
2015/16	55,974
2016/17	57,160
2017/18	61,858
2018/19	65,478
National Rail – UK railway stations
* Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Seaton Carew from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year.

Facilities

The earlier NER station buildings, seen around the turn of the twentieth century.

The station is unmanned and has no permanent buildings (the old NER buildings on the southbound side were demolished back in the 1970s). As with other stations on this line, new fully lit waiting shelters, digital information screens and CCTV cameras have been installed (the former replacing the old brick structures), whilst the long-line Public Address system (PA) has been renewed and upgraded with pre-recorded train announcements (running information can also be obtained by telephone and timetable poster boards). Tickets can only be bought on board the train (or prior to travel), as there is no ticket provision of any kind here. Two Harrington Humps have been installed at the station to raise platform heights at specific points on the platforms and so improve access to trains.[2] Step-free access is also available to each platform via ramps from the nearby road.[3]

In 2009 the station underwent maintenance work to re-develop the station and its looks. The station has already seen the cutting down of trees to allow more natural light.

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

There is an hourly service from the station in each direction (with a few peak hour extras), northbound to Sunderland and Newcastle and southbound to Middlesbrough. Many northbound trains continue to Hexham (and a few run through to Carlisle), whilst most southbound trains are extended through to Nunthorpe and a few to Whitby.[4]

On Sundays there is an hourly service in each direction between Nunthorpe/Middlesbrough & Newcastle (most of which continue through to MetroCentre), and two additional direct services each way between Hartlepool & Darlington. These use the direct line between Hartburn Jcn & Stockton Cut Jcn, avoiding Middlesbrough.

References

1. Seaton Carew railway station (2011) Thompson, Nigel Geograph.org.uk; Retrieved 8 February 2017
2. "Seaton Carew gets another hump" North East Coastliners website news article; Retrieved 8 February 2017
3. Seaton Carew station facilities National Rail Enquiries; Retrieved 8 February 2017
4. Table 44 National Rail timetable, May 2019

External links

• Train times and station information for Seaton Carew railway station from National Rail

Preceding station		National Rail		Following station
Billingham		Northern Trains Durham Coast Line		Hartlepool
	Historical railways
Greatham Line open, station closed		North Eastern Railway Durham Coast Line		West Hartlepool Line and station open