South Bank is a railway station on the Tees Valley Line, which runs between Bishop Auckland and Saltburn via Darlington. The station, situated 2 miles 40 chains (4.0 km) east of Middlesbrough, serves the town of South Bank, Redcar and Cleveland in North Yorkshire, England. It is owned by Network Rail and managed by Northern Trains.
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| General information | |
| Location | South Bank, Redcar and Cleveland England |
| Coordinates | 54°35′02″N 1°10′35″W / 54.5840107°N 1.1762715°W |
| Grid reference | NZ532212 |
| Owned by | Network Rail |
| Managed by | Northern Trains |
| Platforms | 2 |
| Tracks | 2 |
| Other information | |
| Station code | SBK |
| Classification | DfT category F2 |
| History | |
| Original company | North Eastern Railway |
| Pre-grouping | North Eastern Railway |
| Post-grouping | |
| Key dates | |
| 1 May 1882 | Opened |
| 23 July 1984 | Resited |
| Passengers | |
| 2018/19 |  23,282 |
| 2019/20 | 27,624 |
| 2020/21 |  11,296 |
| 2021/22 | 30,198 |
| 2022/23 | 33,636 |
| Notes | |
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road | |
History edit
The first station, initially named Eston, was built in 1853 by the Middlesbrough and Redcar Railway. On 1 May 1882, this was replaced by an island platform by the North Eastern Railway, to serve the growing town of South Bank. Ironically, this was located on the same site as the present station.
The 1882 station was closed on the same day that its replacement opened. It survived intact, but derelict for many years thereafter. It has since been demolished to allow the down (eastbound) line through the site to be realigned.[1]
In July 1984, British Rail opened the current station to the west, as the previous station was inconveniently sited in a heavily industrialised area, and in the way of a planned new dockside access road.[2]
The closure of the earlier station was closely followed by nearby Cargo Fleet on 22 January 1990,[3] and Grangetown on 25 November 1991.[4][5]
Facilities edit
Station facilities here have recently been improved as part of the 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.
The station usage estimates of 2014 and 2015 also make note of the fact that the service improvement has increased the patronage substantially enough to be in the top ten most percentage increase of passenger numbers across the whole of the United Kingdom.[6][7]
Services edit
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As of the May 2021 timetable change, the station is served by an hourly service between Saltburn and Bishop Auckland via Darlington. All services are operated by Northern Trains.[8]
Rolling stock used: Class 156 Super Sprinter and Class 158 Express Sprinter
| Preceding station |  National Rail
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Following station | ||
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| Redcar Central | Northern Trains Tees Valley Line |
Middlesbrough | ||
| Historical railways | ||||
| Grangetown | London and North Eastern Railway Tees Valley Line |
Cargo Fleet | ||
References edit
- ^ Disused Stations – South Bank www.disused-stations.org.uk; Retrieved 26 July 2013
- ^ Brown, Murray (1985). Jane's railway year (4 ed.). London: Jane's Publishing. p. 83. ISBN 0-7106-0338-X.
- ^ Disused Stations – Cargo Fleet; Retrieved 2 December 2013
- ^ Hunt, J – article in RAIL Magazine Issue 610, (January 2009) pp 47–49
- ^ "List of dates from 1 January 1985 to 20 January 2006 of last passenger trains at closed BR (or Network Rail stations since privatisation)" (PDF). Department for Transport Website: Freedom of Information Act responses, February 2006. Department for Transport. 2006. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 May 2009. Retrieved 5 December 2014.
- ^ Robson, Dave (16 December 2015). "Guess which Teesside Railway station is in the UK top ten for highest passenger percentage increase". Gazette Live. Retrieved 17 December 2015.
- ^ "Estimates of station usage" (PDF). ORR. 15 December 2015. Retrieved 17 December 2015.
- ^ "Train times: Bishop Auckland and Darlington to Middlesbrough and Saltburn" (PDF). Northern Trains. 16 May 2021. Retrieved 6 June 2021.
External links edit
- Train times and station information for South Bank railway station (England) from National Rail