Longbeck railway station

Longbeck
Longbeck
	Northern Rail Class 142 'Pacer' 142023 at Longbeck heading west
Location
Place	Marske-by-the-Sea
Local authority	Redcar and Cleveland
Coordinates	54.589370°N 1.031180°W
Grid reference	NZ627220
Operations
Station code	LGK
Managed by	Northern Trains
Number of platforms	2
DfT category	F2
	Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections; from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage*
2014/15	40,386
2015/16	43,170
2016/17	45,018
2017/18	47,240
2018/19	47,282
History
Key dates	Opened 13 May 1985
	National Rail – UK railway stations
	Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Longbeck from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year.;

Longbeck railway station serves the village of Marske-by-the-Sea and also New Marske in the borough of Redcar and Cleveland and the ceremonial county of North Yorkshire, England. It is located on the Tees Valley Line and operated by Northern Trains who provide all passenger train services. The station was opened in May 1985 by British Rail. The small signal box here supervises the junction and station area at nearby Saltburn and the freight line to Boulby as well as the adjacent level crossing.[1]

Facilities

The station is unstaffed and has no ticketing provision, so tickets must be bought prior to travel or on the train. A round of improvements made here in 2012 included new fully lit waiting shelters, renewed station signage and the installation of CCTV. Digital information screens have been installed, whilst the long-line Public Address system (PA) has been renewed and upgraded with pre-recorded train announcements; running information can also be obtained by telephone and timetable posters. Step-free access is available to both platforms.[2]

Services

Northern Trains Route 3:
Bishop & Tees Valley Lines

					Bishop Auckland
					Shildon
					Newton Aycliffe
					Heighington
					North Road
					East Coast Main Line to Edinburgh
					Darlington
					East Coast Main Line to London King's Cross
					Dinsdale
					Teesside Airport
					Allens West
					Northallerton to Eaglescliffe Line
					Eaglescliffe
					Durham Coast Line to Newcastle
					Thornaby
					Middlesbrough
					Esk Valley Line to Whitby
					South Bank
					British Steel Redcar
					Redcar Central
					Redcar East
					Longbeck
					Marske
					Saltburn

There are currently no trains calling at
British Steel Redcar until further notice.

There is a half-hourly service (Mondays to Saturdays) each way from the station. Westbound services continue to Middlesbrough and Darlington (with one train per hour continuing to Bishop Auckland). Eastbound services continue to Saltburn. Outside of this usual pattern there are also two early morning through services to Carlisle via Durham and Newcastle along with one morning arrival from Hexham which comes via Newcastle and Sunderland. On Sundays the service starts later and there is an hourly service to Saltburn, Middlesbrough, Darlington and Bishop Auckland (but note that the service to Bishop Auckland finishes early in the evening).[3]

Freight trains operating to and from Boulby also pass through the station.

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Marske		Northern Trains Tees Valley Line		Redcar East

Notes

Hunt, J - Article in RAIL Magazine, Issue 610 (January 2009), pp.50-51
Long Beck station facilitiesNational Rail Enquiries
Table 44 National Rail timetable, May 2019

External links

Train times and station information for Longbeck railway station from National Rail

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[1] Hunt, J - Article in RAIL Magazine, Issue 610 (January 2009), pp.50-51

[2] Long Beck station facilitiesNational Rail Enquiries

[3] Table 44 National Rail timetable, May 2019