Cramlington is a railway station on the East Coast Main Line, which runs between London King's Cross and Edinburgh Waverley. The station, situated 9 miles 74 chains (9.92 mi; 16.0 km) north of Newcastle, serves the town of Cramlington in Northumberland, England. It is owned by Network Rail and managed by Northern Trains.
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| Location | Cramlington, Northumberland England | ||||
| Coordinates | 55°05′16″N 1°35′55″W / 55.0877657°N 1.5986859°W | ||||
| Grid reference | NZ257771 | ||||
| Owned by | Network Rail | ||||
| Managed by | Northern Trains | ||||
| Platforms | 2 | ||||
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| Station code | CRM | ||||
| Classification | DfT category F2 | ||||
| History | |||||
| Original company | Newcastle and Berwick Railway | ||||
| Pre-grouping | North Eastern Railway | ||||
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| 1 March 1847 | Opened | ||||
| Passengers | |||||
| 2019/20 |  136,534 | ||||
| 2020/21 |  29,804 | ||||
| 2021/22 | 111,440 | ||||
| 2022/23 | 133,834 | ||||
| 2023/24 | 129,834 | ||||
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History
editThe station was opened by the Newcastle and Berwick Railway on 1 March 1847.[1]
From November 2021 to May 2022, the footbridge was refurbished.[2]
Facilities
editThe station is unstaffed.[3] In February 2019, the local Council installed a ticket machine on the southbound platform. The machine allows contactless, and card for tickets, as well as being able to collect tickets. Travel tickets can still be purchased on board the train. There are waiting shelters on both platforms (but no other permanent buildings), along with timetable posters and next train real-time information boards to offer train running details. Step-free access is available to both platforms, though the footbridge linking them has steps.[3]
Northumberland County Council and the local rail users group SENRUG is campaigning to relocate the station to a new site 200 metres south of its present position, in order to better serve the town's Manor Walks shopping centre, Westmorland Retail Park and main employment areas.[4][5] The proposed site would also allow for the construction of a dedicated bus-rail interchange, a larger car park and serve several residential estates to the west built in the 1960s and 1970s.
Services
editNorthern Trains
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East Coast Main line
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Most services extend to/from
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As of the December 2023 timetable change, there is an hourly service between Newcastle and Morpeth on weekdays and Saturdays. Most services extend to Carlisle via Hexham. At peak times, two trains per day (excluding Sunday) extend to/from Chathill.
Sundays see a two-hourly service each way to and from the MetroCentre. At present, all services are operated by Northern Trains.[6]
Rolling stock used: Class 156 Super Sprinter and Class 158 Express Sprinter
TransPennine Express
editIn September 2021, TransPennine Express announced that they were seeking approval to have some of the services on their new five return trains weekday semi-fast Newcastle to Edinburgh return trains call at Cramlington.[7] As of December 2023, TransPennine Express operate a limited service of one train to Newcastle on Mondays to Saturday mornings, with no Sunday service and no northbound service.
Rolling stock used: Class 802 Nova 1
| Preceding station | Following station | |||
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| Manors towards Newcastle |
Northern Trains East Coast Main Line |
Morpeth towards Morpeth or Chathill | ||
| Newcastle | TransPennine Express (North TransPennine) Southbound only, Mondays to Saturdays only |
Morpeth | ||
| Historical railways | ||||
| Annitsford | North Eastern Railway York, Newcastle and Berwick Railway |
Plessey | ||
Accidents and incidents
edit- On 26 May 1926, during the General Strike, an express passenger train, hauled by LNER A1 4-6-2 No. 2565 Merry Hampton, was deliberately derailed south of the station.[8][9]
References
edit- ^ Quick, Michael E. (2009). Railway passenger stations in Great Britain: a chronology (4th ed.). Oxford: Railway and Canal Historical Society. p. 139. ISBN 978-0-901461-57-5. OCLC 612226077.
- ^ Smith, Roger (13 May 2022). "WATCH: Timelapse footage of Northumberland railway station footbridge upgrade". RailAdvent. Retrieved 13 May 2022.
- ^ a b Cramlington station facilities Archived 20 January 2021 at the Wayback Machine National Rail Enquiries; Retrieved 6 February 2017
- ^ "New Cramlington railway station could boost local economy" Archived 20 January 2021 at the Wayback Machine Northumberland County Council press release 27 September 2016; Retrieved 6 February 2017
- ^ "Move Cramlington Station" Archived 20 January 2021 at the Wayback Machine South East Northumberland Rail Users Group; Retrieved 6 February 2017
- ^ Table 43 National Rail timetable, December 2023
- ^ "TransPennine Express announces new rail services for Northumberland". International Railway Reviews. 3 September 2021. Archived from the original on 3 September 2021. Retrieved 3 September 2021.
- ^ Hoole, Ken (1983). Trains in Trouble: Vol. 4. Redruth: Atlantic Books. p. 44. ISBN 0-906899-07-9.
- ^ Earnshaw, Alan (1990). Trains in Trouble: Vol. 6. Penryn: Atlantic Books. p. 15. ISBN 0-906899-37-0.
External links
editMedia related to Cramlington railway station at Wikimedia Commons
- Train times and station information for Cramlington railway station from National Rail