Cramlington railway station

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Cramlington railway station - Wikipedia

Coordinates: 55°05′16″N 1°35′55″W / 55.0877657°N 1.5986859°W

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Cramlington

General information

Location

Cramlington, Northumberland
England

Coordinates

55°05′16″N 1°35′55″W / 55.0877657°N 1.5986859°W

Owned by

Managed by

Platforms

Other information

Station code

CRM

Classification

DfT category F2

History

Original company

Newcastle and Berwick Railway

Pre-grouping

North Eastern Railway

Post-grouping

Key dates

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

Location
Cramlington Location in Northumberland, England

Notes
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

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.

History

The 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

The 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

Northern Trains

Northern Trains
East Coast Main Line

Newcastle – Morpeth – Chathill

					Newcastle
					Manors
					Cramlington
					Morpeth
					Pegswood
					Widdrington
					Acklington
					Alnmouth for Alnwick
					Chathill

Most services extend to/from
Carlisle.

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

In 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	National Rail		Following station
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

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

^ 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

Media related to Cramlington railway station at Wikimedia Commons
Train times and station information for Cramlington railway station from National Rail

Railway stations in Northumberland

East Coast Main Line	London King's Cross → Cramlington Morpeth Pegswood Widdrington Acklington Alnmouth Chathill Berwick-upon-Tweed → Edinburgh Waverley
Tyne Valley Line	Newcastle → Wylam Prudhoe Stocksfield Riding Mill Corbridge Hexham Haydon Bridge Bardon Mill Haltwhistle → Carlisle

Heritage railways
Aln Valley Railway	Alnwick Lionheart
South Tynedale Railway	Alston → Kirkhaugh Lintley Halt Slaggyford

Station usage in Northumberland

Railway stations served by Northern Trains

Stations listed in italics are request stops.

North East England

County Durham	Allens West Billingham Bishop Auckland Chester-le-Street Darlington Dinsdale Durham Eaglescliffe Hartlepool Heighington Horden Newton Aycliffe North Road Seaham Seaton Carew Shildon Stockton
Northumberland	Acklington Alnmouth Bardon Mill Chathill Corbridge Cramlington Haltwhistle Haydon Bridge Hexham Morpeth Pegswood Prudhoe Riding Mill Stocksfield Widdrington Wylam
Tyne and Wear	Blaydon Dunston Heworth Manors MetroCentre Newcastle ‹See TfM›Sunderland
North Yorkshire^[a]	Gypsy Lane James Cook Longbeck Marske Marton Middlesbrough Nunthorpe Redcar Central Redcar East Saltburn South Bank Thornaby

North West England
(and West Midlands)

Cumbria	Appleby Armathwaite Arnside Askam Aspatria Barrow-in-Furness Bootle Brampton Braystones Burneside Cark & Cartmel Carlisle Corkickle Dalston Dalton Dent Drigg Flimby Foxfield Garsdale Grange-over-Sands Green Road Harrington Kendal Kents Bank Kirkby-in-Furness Kirkby Stephen Langwathby Lazonby & Kirkoswald Maryport Millom Nethertown Oxenholme Lake District Parton Ravenglass Roose St Bees Seascale Sellafield Silecroft Staveley Ulverston Wetheral Whitehaven Wigton Windermere Workington
Lancashire	Accrington Adlington (Lancashire) Ansdell and Fairhaven Bamber Bridge Bare Lane Bescar Lane Blackburn Blackpool North Blackpool Pleasure Beach Blackpool South Brierfield Buckshaw Parkway Burnley Barracks Burnley Central Burnley Manchester Road Burscough Bridge Burscough Junction Carnforth Cherry Tree Chorley Church & Oswaldtwistle Clitheroe Colne Croston Darwen Entwistle Euxton Balshaw Lane Hapton Heysham Port Hoscar Huncoat Kirkham and Wesham Lancaster Langho Layton Leyland Lostock Hall Lytham Mill Hill Morecambe Moss Side Nelson New Lane Ormskirk Parbold Pleasington Poulton-le-Fylde Preston Ramsgreave and Wilpshire Rishton Rose Grove Rufford St Annes-on-the-Sea Salwick Silverdale Squires Gate Upholland Wennington Whalley
Cheshire	Adlington (Cheshire) Alderley Edge Ashley Birchwood Chelford Chester Congleton Crewe Cuddington Delamere Disley Ellesmere Port Frodsham Glazebrook Goostrey Greenbank Handforth Helsby Holmes Chapel Hough Green Ince & Elton Knutsford Lostock Gralam Macclesfield Mobberley Mouldsworth Northwich Padgate Plumley Poynton Prestbury Runcorn East Sandbach Sankey for Penketh Styal Warrington Bank Quay Warrington Central Warrington West Widnes Wilmslow
Greater Manchester	Altrincham Appley Bridge Ardwick Ashburys Ashton-under-Lyne Atherton Belle Vue Blackrod Bolton Bramhall Bredbury Brinnington Broadbottom Bromley Cross Bryn Burnage Castleton Chassen Road Cheadle Hulme Clifton Daisy Hill Davenport Deansgate Denton East Didsbury Eccles Fairfield Farnworth Flixton Flowery Field Gathurst Gatley Godley Gorton Guide Bridge Hag Fold Hale Hall i' th' Wood Hattersley Hazel Grove Heald Green Heaton Chapel Hindley Horwich Parkway Humphrey Park Hyde Central Hyde North Ince Irlam Kearsley Levenshulme Littleborough Lostock ‹See TfM›Manchester Airport Manchester Oxford Road ‹See TfM›Manchester Piccadilly ‹See TfM›Manchester Victoria Marple Mauldeth Road Middlewood Mills Hill Moorside Moses Gate Mossley Moston ‹See TfM›Navigation Road Newton for Hyde Orrell Patricroft Pemberton Reddish North Reddish South Rochdale Romiley Rose Hill Marple Ryder Brow Salford Central Salford Crescent Smithy Bridge Stalybridge Stockport Strines Swinton (Greater Manchester) Trafford Park Urmston Walkden Westhoughton Wigan North Western Wigan Wallgate Woodley Woodsmoor
Merseyside	Broad Green Earlestown Eccleston Park Edge Hill Garswood Halewood Headbolt Lane Hunts Cross Huyton Lea Green Liverpool Lime Street Liverpool South Parkway Meols Cop Mossley Hill Newton-le-Willows Prescot Rainford Rainhill Roby St Helens Central St Helens Junction Southport Thatto Heath Wavertree Technology Park West Allerton Whiston
Staffordshire	Kidsgrove Longport Stoke-on-Trent

Yorkshire and the Humber
(and East Midlands)

North Yorkshire^[a]	Battersby Bentham Castleton Moor Cattal Church Fenton Clapham Commondale Cononley Danby Egton Filey Gargrave Giggleswick Glaisdale Great Ayton Grosmont Hammerton Harrogate Hellifield Hensall Hornbeam Park Horton-in-Ribblesdale Hunmanby Kildale Knaresborough Lealholm Long Preston Pannal Poppleton Ribblehead Ruswarp Scarborough Seamer Selby Settle Sherburn-in-Elmet Skipton Sleights South Milford Starbeck Ulleskelf Weeton Whitby Whitley Bridge York
East Riding of Yorkshire	Arram Bempton Beverley Bridlington Broomfleet Brough Cottingham Driffield Eastrington Ferriby Gilberdyke Goole Hessle Howden Hull Paragon Hutton Cranswick Nafferton Rawcliffe Saltmarshe Snaith Wressle
West Yorkshire	Apperley Bridge Baildon Batley Ben Rhydding Berry Brow Bingley Bradford Forster Square Bradford Interchange Bramley Brighouse Brockholes Burley-in-Wharfedale Burley Park Castleford Cottingley Crossflatts Cross Gates Deighton Denby Dale Dewsbury East Garforth Featherstone Fitzwilliam Frizinghall Garforth Glasshoughton Guiseley Halifax Headingley Hebden Bridge Honley Horsforth Huddersfield Ilkley Keighley Kirkstall Forge Knottingley Leeds Lockwood Low Moor Menston Micklefield Mirfield Moorthorpe Morley Mytholmroyd New Pudsey Normanton Outwood Pontefract Baghill Pontefract Monkhill Pontefract Tanshelf Ravensthorpe Saltaire Sandal and Agbrigg Shepley Shipley South Elmsall Sowerby Bridge Steeton and Silsden Stocksmoor Streethouse Todmorden Wakefield Kirkgate Wakefield Westgate Walsden Woodlesford
South Yorkshire	Adwick Barnsley Bentley Bolton-upon-Dearne Chapeltown Conisbrough Darnall Darton Dodworth Doncaster Dore & Totley Elsecar Goldthorpe Hatfield & Stainforth Kirk Sandall Kiveton Bridge Kiveton Park Meadowhall Mexborough Penistone ‹See TfM›Rotherham Central ‹See TfM›Sheffield Silkstone Common Swinton (South Yorkshire) Thorne North Thorne South Thurnscoe Wombwell Woodhouse
Lincolnshire^[b]	Althorpe Barnetby Brigg Cleethorpes Crowle Gainsborough Central Gainsborough Lea Road Grimsby Town Kirton Lindsey Lincoln Saxilby Scunthorpe
Nottinghamshire	‹See TfM›Nottingham Retford Shireoaks Worksop
Derbyshire	Alfreton Bamford Buxton Chapel-en-le-Frith Chesterfield Chinley Dinting Dove Holes Dronfield Edale Furness Vale Glossop Grindleford Hadfield Hathersage Hope Ilkeston Langley Mill New Mills Central New Mills Newtown Whaley Bridge

Rail transport in the United Kingdom

^ ^a ^b Stations in Middlesbrough, Redcar and Cleveland, and Stockton-on-Tees are considered part of North East England, while stations in the unitary areas of York and North Yorkshire are considered part of Yorkshire and the Humber.
^ Stations in North Lincolnshire and North East Lincolnshire are considered part of Yorkshire and the Humber, while all other stations are considered part of the East Midlands.

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North Route	Liverpool Lime Street Lea Green Newton-le-Willows ‹See TfM›Manchester Airport Gatley East Didsbury ‹See TfM›Manchester Piccadilly Manchester Oxford Road ‹See TfM›Manchester Victoria Stalybridge Mossley Greenfield Marsden Slaithwaite Huddersfield Deighton Mirfield Ravensthorpe Dewsbury Batley Morley Cottingley Leeds Garforth South Milford Selby Howden Gilberdyke Brough Hull Paragon Wakefield Kirkgate Normanton Castleford York Malton Seamer Scarborough Thirsk Northallerton Yarm Thornaby Middlesbrough Redcar Central Saltburn Darlington Durham Chester-le-Street Newcastle Cramlington Morpeth Alnmouth Berwick-upon-Tweed Reston Dunbar East Linton Edinburgh Waverley
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