Shildon is a railway station serving the town of Shildon in County Durham, England on the Tees Valley Line, between Bishop Auckland and Saltburn via Darlington. The station, situated 9 miles 8 chains (14.6 km) north-west of Darlington,[1] It is owned by Network Rail and managed by Northern Trains.
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| Location | Shildon, County Durham England | ||||
| Coordinates | 54°37′34″N 1°38′12″W / 54.6261932°N 1.6367101°W | ||||
| Grid reference | NZ235257 | ||||
| Owned by | Network Rail | ||||
| Managed by | Northern Trains | ||||
| Platforms | 2 | ||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||
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| Station code | SHD | ||||
| Classification | DfT category F1 | ||||
| History | |||||
| Original company | Stockton and Darlington Railway | ||||
| Pre-grouping | North Eastern Railway | ||||
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| 27 September 1825 | Opened | ||||
| Passengers | |||||
| 2019/20 |  65,168 | ||||
| 2020/21 | 19,362 | ||||
| 2021/22 |  56,818 | ||||
| 2022/23 | 56,968 | ||||
| 2023/24 | 54,624 | ||||
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History
editThe original station was constructed by Timothy Hackworth. It opened on 27 September 1825, under the Stockton and Darlington Railway.[2]
Facilities
editStation facilities here have been improved as part of the Tees Valley Metro project. The package for this station included new fully lit waiting shelters, digital CIS displays, renewed station signage and the installation of CCTV.[3] The long-line Public Address system (PA) has been renewed and upgraded with pre-recorded train announcements.
The station is unstaffed and all tickets must be purchased from the ticket vending machine on the platform prior to travel.[4] Step-free access is available to both platforms via ramps, which were added in 2003 when the station was rebuilt in conjunction with the construction of the Shildon Locomotion Museum, sited alongside it on land formerly occupied by the sidings of the Shildon railway works.
The grade II listed[5] manual signal box here controls the immediate station area (including the siding connections into the museum), along with the single track section through Shildon tunnel to the west and terminus at Bishop Auckland. Bishop Auckland is the junction with the now privately owned and operated Weardale Railway to Stanhope.
Services
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Tees Valley line
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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.[6]
Rolling stock used: Class 156 Super Sprinter and Class 158 Express Sprinter
References
edit- ^ Kelman, Leanne (2020). Railway track diagrams, books 2 - eastern (5 ed.). Frome: Trackmaps. 44B. ISBN 978-1-9996271-3-3.
- ^ Butt, R.V.J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations. Yeovil: Patrick Stephens Ltd. p. 210. ISBN 1-85260-508-1. R508.
- ^ "Report of meeting with Steve Payne, Tees Valley Unlimited" North East Coastliners news article 29 June 2015; Retrieved 17 February 2017
- ^ Shildon station facilities National Rail Enquiries; Retrieved 16 February 2017
- ^ Historic England. "Shildon Signal Box (1390827)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 30 January 2018.
- ^ "Train times: Bishop Auckland and Darlington to Middlesbrough and Saltburn" (PDF). Northern Trains. 16 May 2021. Retrieved 6 June 2021.
External links
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Media related to Shildon railway station at Wikimedia Commons- Train times and station information for Shildon railway station from National Rail
| Preceding station |  National Rail
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Following station | ||
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| Newton Aycliffe | Northern Trains Tees Valley Line |
Bishop Auckland | ||
| Historical railways | ||||
| Aycliffe Lane | North Eastern Railway Stockton and Darlington Railway |
South Church | ||
| West Auckland | ||||
| Historical railways | ||||
| Simpasture | North Eastern Railway
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Terminus | ||
| Stillington | North Eastern Railway |
Terminus | ||
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