Northallerton–Eaglescliffe line

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Northallerton–Eaglescliffe line

Biomass train between Picton and Brompton

Overview

Owner

National Rail

Locale

North Yorkshire
County Durham

Service

System

National Rail

History

Opened

2 June 1852

Technical

Track gauge

4 ft 81⁄2 in (1,435 mm)

Route map
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Northallerton
to Eaglescliffe Line

Legend

					Durham Coast Line to Hartlepool
					Tees Valley Line to Middlesbrough

					Eaglescliffe
					Tees Valley Line to Darlington
					Yarm (original)
					Yarm Viaduct over River Tees
					Yarm (second)
					Picton
					Picton to Battersby Line to Battersby
					West Rounton Gates
					Welbury
					Brompton
					Northallerton Town
					East Coast Main Line to Darlington
					Freight line
					Northallerton
					East Coast Main Line to York

The Northallerton–Eaglescliffe line runs between Northallerton and Eaglescliffe stations. It connects the East Coast Main Line to the Tees Valley Line. It was built by the Leeds Northern Railway as part of their main line from Leeds to Stockton (via Harrogate and Ripon) which opened on 2 June 1852,^[1] although the connection to the ECML at the Northallerton end was not opened for a further four years.

Stations

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Open

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The current stations on the line are:

Closed

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A number of stations that used to serve towns and villages on the line were closed between 1954 and the end of local passenger services over the route on 6 September 1965, with those at Picton, Yarm and Brompton being the last to go. The station at Yarm was subsequently reopened by Regional Railways North East in February 1996.^[2]

Services

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Most services are run by TransPennine Express between Manchester Airport and Middlesbrough. Services are roughly hourly and call at all stations as part of the North TransPennine route. A further five trains a day in each direction (as of December 2021) by Grand Central serve Northallerton and Eaglescliffe as part of the route between Sunderland and London King's Cross.^[3]

The lines also sees use by a variety of heavy freight services to/from Teesside, including petroleum from Port Clarence, steel trains to and from Hartlepool, Scunthorpe and Aldwarke,^[4] the Freightliner terminal at Teesport and waste traffic to Wilton EFW.^[5]

The line is also part of a diversionary route to Newcastle using the Durham Coast Line when the East Coast Main Line route via Darlington and Durham Is closed.

Notes

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^ Body, G. (1988). Railways of the Eastern Region Volume 2. PSL Field Guides. Wellingborough: Patrick Stephens Ltd. p. 137. ISBN 1-85260-072-1.
^ Piggott, Nick, ed. (April 1996). "New station opens at Yarm". The Railway Magazine. Vol. 142, no. 1140. London: IPC. p. 18. ISSN 0033-8923.
^ "Train Routes | Grand Central". www.grandcentralrail.com. Retrieved 27 January 2017.
^ Shannon, Paul (September 2014). "British Freight Today - Metals". The Railway Magazine. Vol. 160, no. 1, 362. Horncastle: Morton's Media Group. p. 24. ISSN 0033-8923.
^ Buck, Martin (November 2016). Loco Review 2017 edition. Swindon: Freightmaster Publishing. pp. 56–57. ISBN 978-0-9933129-1-5.

External links

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Media related to Northallerton to Eaglescliffe Line at Wikimedia Commons

Railway lines in the North East

Primary

to London	East Coast Main Line
to Birmingham	Cross Country Route

Other

Inter–regional	Northallerton–Eaglescliffe line Tyne Valley line
Local	Durham Coast Line Esk Valley line Tees Valley line
Light rail	Tyne and Wear Metro

Freight-only

Defunct

Heritage

Railway lines in Yorkshire and the Humber

Primary

To London	East Coast Main Line Midland Main Line
To Exeter	Cross Country Route

Others

Inter-regional	Hallam Line Hope Valley line Leeds–Morecambe line Doncaster–Lincoln line Northallerton–Eaglescliffe line Sheffield–Lincoln line Settle–Carlisle line
Intra-regional	Airedale line Askern branch line Barton line Calder Valley line Dearne Valley line Esk Valley line Harrogate line Huddersfield line Hull–Scarborough Leeds–Bradford lines Leeds–Northallerton railway Penistone Line Pontefract line Selby Diversion Selby Line South Humberside Main Line Stocksbridge Railway Swinton–Doncaster Wakefield line Wharfedale line York–Scarborough

Defunct

Heritage

Light railways

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