Redcar British Steel railway station
Redcar British Steel British Steel Redcar | |||||
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 The station in 2008, viewed from a train cab | |||||
| General information | |||||
| Location | Redcar, Redcar and Cleveland England | ||||
| Coordinates | 54°36′35″N 1°06′45″W / 54.6097585°N 1.1125744°W | ||||
| Grid reference | NZ573241 | ||||
| Owner | National Rail | ||||
| Manager | Northern Trains | ||||
| Platforms | 2 | ||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||
| Other information | |||||
| Status | Services suspended | ||||
| Station code | RBS[1] | ||||
| Classification | DfT category F2 | ||||
| History | |||||
Original company | British Rail (Eastern Region) | ||||
| Key dates | |||||
| 19 June 1978 | Opened | ||||
| 14 December 2019 | Services suspended | ||||
| Passengers | |||||
| 2015/16 |  740 | ||||
| 2016/17 | 50 | ||||
| 2017/18 | 40 | ||||
| 2018/19 |  360 | ||||
| 2019/20 | 1,060[a] | ||||
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Redcar British Steel (also known as British Steel Redcar)[2] is a mothballed railway station on the Tees Valley Line, which runs between Bishop Auckland and Saltburn via Darlington. The station, situated 5+3⁄4 miles (9 km) east of Middlesbrough, served the Teesside Steelworks, Redcar and Cleveland in North Yorkshire, England. At the time of the suspension of services, the station was owned by Network Rail and managed by Arriva Rail North.
History
The station was opened by British Rail on 19 June 1978.[3] It is situated on a re-sited portion of route that was commissioned to allow the previous alignment to be used for an expansion of the Teesside Steelworks.[2] This included a station at Warrenby Halt, which was closed and replaced by the current station.[4]
Arriva Rail North suspended services from the station on 14 December 2019.[5] However, work to regenerate the site of the former Teesside Steelworks is being undertaken by South Tees Development Corporation, which aims to redevelop the station and improve services.[6]
Facilities
At the time of the suspension of services the station had two platforms, both of which had very basic amenities. There was a waiting shelter on each platform, as well as timetable posters. There was no step-free access between platforms, which could be accessed only by a metal footbridge.[7]
Passenger volume
In the 2014–15 period, the Office of Rail and Road recorded a total of 1,570 entries and exits. In 2015, the majority of the Teesside Steelworks closed, resulting in a drop in passenger usage of the station.[8]
In the 2016–17 period the entries and exits dropped to fifty, making it the fourth-least-used station in Britain.[9] In the 2017–18 period it was named the least used station in Britain, with only forty entries and exits, surpassing Barry Links.[10]
The station saw a significant increase in passengers in the 2018–19 and 2019–20 periods, with 360 and 1,060 entries and exits respectively; the reason for the increase was thought likely to be its "least-used" status.[11] This "least-used" status was highlighted in Geoff Marshall's video about the station.[12]
| 2004–05 | 2005–06 | 2006–07 | 2007–08 | 2008–09 | 2009–10 | 2010–11 | 2011–12 | 2012–13 | 2013–14 | 2014–15 | 2015–16 | 2016–17 | 2017–18 | 2018–19 | 2019–20 | |
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| Entries and exits | 486 | 920 | 596 | [z] | [z] | 1,560 | 954 | 822 | 890 | 1,418 | 1,570 | 740 | 50 | 40 | 360 | 1,060 |
The statistics cover twelve month periods that start in April.
Services
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At the time of suspension, the station was served by four trains per day. Heading east, two trains per day operated to Saltburn, which commenced at Hexham via Hartlepool (morning) and Bishop Auckland (afternoon) respectively. Heading west, two trains per day operated to Bishop Auckland, both of which commenced at Saltburn. All services were operated by Arriva Rail North.[14]
| Preceding station |  National Rail |
Following station | ||
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| Historical railways | ||||
| Redcar Central | Arriva Rail North Tees Valley Line |
South Bank | ||
| Redcar Central | British Rail (Eastern Region) Tees Valley Line |
Grangetown | ||
Notes
- ↑ Services were permanently suspended starting 14 December 2019
References
- ↑ "Railway Codes". railwaycodes.org.uk. Retrieved 27 September 2022.
- 1 2 Slater, J.N., ed. (August 1978). "British Steel, Redcar, Station open". The Railway Magazine. No. 928. London: IPC Transport Press Ltd. p. 371.
- ↑ Butt, R. V. J. (October 1995). The Directory of Railway Stations: details every public and private passenger station, halt, platform and stopping place, past and present (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. p. 44. ISBN 978-1-85260-508-7. OCLC 60251199. OL 11956311M.
- ↑ Delplanque, Paul (14 November 2008). "The Village That Disappeared". Evening Gazette (Middlesbrough). Archived from the original on 31 March 2009. Retrieved 2 December 2013.
- ↑ "Rail service launch hailed 'huge step forward'". BBC News. 12 September 2019. Archived from the original on 6 December 2019. Retrieved 12 September 2019.
- ↑ "Redcar SSI site regeneration plan 'may create 20,000 jobs'". BBC News. 18 October 2017. Archived from the original on 25 June 2018. Retrieved 10 June 2018.
- ↑ "Redcar British Steel Station Train Tickets, Departures and Timetables". Northern Trains. Archived from the original on 10 August 2022. Retrieved 6 June 2021.
- ↑ Farrell, Sean; Smith, Dominic (28 September 2015). "Redcar steel plant to close with 1,700 job losses". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 11 July 2026.
- ↑ "Loneliest station has biggest rise in use". BBC News. 1 December 2017. Archived from the original on 1 December 2017. Retrieved 1 December 2017.
- ↑ "Redcar British Steel station 'least used' in Britain". BBC News. 12 December 2018. Archived from the original on 23 January 2019. Retrieved 22 January 2019.
- ↑ "Least used railway station Redcar British Steel gets visitor boost". BBC News. 14 January 2020. Archived from the original on 6 June 2021. Retrieved 6 June 2021.
- ↑ "Redcar British Steel – Least Used Station in Britain 2018". YouTube. Archived from the original on 28 June 2022. Retrieved 28 June 2022.
- ↑ "Estimates of station usage | ORR Data Portal". dataportal.orr.gov.uk. Retrieved 11 June 2026.
- ↑ eNRT May 2019 Edition, Table 044 (Network Rail)
External links
- Train times and station information for Redcar British Steel railway station from National Rail