Stocksfield railway station

Stocksfield is a station on the Tyne Valley Line, serving the villages of Bywell, New Ridley, Painshawfield and Stocksfield in Northumberland. Services are currently provided by Northern, who also manage the station.

Stocksfield
Location
Place	Stocksfield
Local authority	Northumberland
Grid reference	NZ054613
Operations
Station code	SKS
Managed by	Northern
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	59,258
2015/16	53,654
2016/17	59,770
2017/18	56,676
2018/19	59,380
National Rail – UK railway stations
Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Stocksfield from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year.

Services

Northern Trains Route 4: Tyne Valley Line
West Coast Main Line to Edinburgh & Glasgow Glasgow South Western Line to Glasgow Carlisle Cumbrian Coast Line to Barrow-in-Furness & West Coast Main Line to London Euston Settle to Carlisle Line Wetheral Brampton Haltwhistle Bardon Mill Haydon Bridge Hexham Corbridge Riding Mill Stocksfield Prudhoe Wylam Blaydon MetroCentre Dunston East Coast Main Line to London King's Cross Newcastle East Coast Main Line to Edinburgh Durham Coast Line to Middlesbrough

As of the December 2019 timetable change, Northern operate an hourly service (Monday to Saturday) between Hexham and Nunthorpe, with additional trains also calling at the station during the morning and evening peak. On a Sunday, an hourly service operates between Carlisle and Nunthorpe, with some trains continuing as far as Whitby.[1]

Incidents

A landslip in early January 2016, between Corbridge and Riding Mill (caused by heavy rain and a broken drainage pipe) led to the temporary suspension of services between Prudhoe and Hexham, whilst repairs to the track bed and adjacent cutting walls were carried out.

Services from Newcastle terminated at Prudhoe, with a replacement bus service running from the station to Prudhoe, Riding Mill, Corbridge and Hexham, until the work was completed.[2]

The line reopened on 8 February 2016, following the removal of over 35,000 tonnes of earth from the site.[3]

Facilities

Since 2010, many of the facilities at the railway station have been upgraded. These upgrades include an extended car park, additional cycle lockers, new benches and station signage, digital information displays, and a repainted bridge.

A ticket vending machine has also been provided, to allow travellers to buy tickets prior to boarding, or to collect pre-paid tickets.

The station has disabled access to both platforms, as well as a stepped footbridge.

Notes

1. GB eNRT December 2019 Edition, Table 48 (Network Rail)
2. Riddell, Kathryn (8 January 2016). "Railway between Hexham and Prudhoe will be closed for weeks after Corbridge landslip". Newcastle Chronicle. Retrieved 13 December 2016.
3. "West line between Carlisle and Newcastle to reopen on Monday after landslip repairs"Network Rail Media Centre; Retrieved 4 February 2016

External links

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

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Prudhoe		Northern Tyne Valley Line		Riding Mill